Hugh Lytle Public Figure

How many stories do we hear about how expensive healthcare is? Now think about immigrant and low income families - what percent of their total take home pay goes to cover healthcare costs? Medicaid is vital to bridging the gap. Not an entitlement - a necessity for working age adults to make ends meet.

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A common Medicaid misconception is that its beneficiaries are unemployed. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the reality is that 60% of adult Medicaid enrollees work full or part-time. They choose Medicaid because, for them, access to affordable employer-sponsored coverage is limited to non-existent.