03-01-2013, 04:02 PM
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Medicaid Birth Epidemic
There has been talk of doing away with labor and delivery in Ocala at MRMC and since we just had our third child there (great experiences) I decided to look up the percent of births in Marion County that are paid by Medicaid.
67.5%
http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/...r.aspx?cid=595
This is more than a problem...
We really need to start requiring the mother and father or their families to provide community service by the child's first birthday (100 hoursish each) and begin to teach responsibility while helping people.
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03-01-2013, 04:14 PM
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that's surprising and disappointing on every level
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03-01-2013, 04:36 PM
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Obama's America.
Enjoy.
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03-01-2013, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rivergator
that's surprising and disappointing on every level
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Agreed. I expected it to be bad but not that bad...
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03-01-2013, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mocgator
Obama's America.
Enjoy.
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Wonder how many birth certificates have a question mark in the blank provided for the "baby daddys" name?
Also wonder if Corrine Brown doesn't have someone in Ocala passing out "Free $hit Manuals your Federal Government" to each momma and baby daddy and a reloadable EBT card to each new little future ward of the state? Pink? Blue? or Purple?
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03-01-2013, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rivergator
that's surprising and disappointing on every level
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No surprise as that is the demographic that is being promoted by gubmnt policies
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03-01-2013, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by gatordowneast
Also wonder if Corrine Brown doesn't have someone in Ocala passing out "Free $hit Manuals your Federal Government" to each momma and baby daddy and a reloadable EBT card to each new little future ward of the state? Pink? Blue? or Purple?
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The manual already exists .. :sarcasm:
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03-01-2013, 06:05 PM
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Every black child born in Philadelphia is considered by the government to be an at-risk child. Welcome to reality.
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03-01-2013, 06:30 PM
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So people are pretending this started under Obama and is somehow limited to Corrine Brown's district?
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03-01-2013, 06:58 PM
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^^^Well, people like Moc are.
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03-01-2013, 07:07 PM
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If you want to get a better picture, and I know the "welcome to Obama's America folks" don't, you could look at this table to see how the percentages have changed over the years. Statewide, you see the percentage shot up between 2004 and 2005, from 36% to 44%, then leveled off (as the economy heated up) and then jumped to 47% in 2009 with the recession.
http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/...fyI%2f5rgE1Y8f
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03-01-2013, 07:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rivergator
So people are pretending this started under Obama and is somehow limited to Corrine Brown's district?
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This idea of helping the "deserving" has been going on for a long time. That is indisputable. The problem is that the O came along when we need to stop thinking that we can do everything. But once people are hooked on the free stuff, it is hard to get them unaddicted (see Greece). Once some people know they can get something for nothing do you honestly think they are going to get religion on their own accord?
The only way out of this is hard truths. And in this case, I see Detroit as the future.
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03-01-2013, 08:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QGator2414
There has been talk of doing away with labor and delivery in Ocala at MRMC and since we just had our third child there (great experiences) I decided to look up the percent of births in Marion County that are paid by Medicaid.
67.5%
http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/...r.aspx?cid=595
This is more than a problem...
We really need to start requiring the mother and father or their families to provide community service by the child's first birthday (100 hoursish each) and begin to teach responsibility while helping people.
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Look into the massive rise in single parent births, that will shock you as well...I wonder if there is any correlation, hmmm....
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03-01-2013, 09:57 PM
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Wonder how many of these are illegal immigrant births.
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03-01-2013, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NJG8tor
Wonder how many of these are illegal immigrant births.
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Don't know. But it looks like Franklin County has the highest rate in the state at 75 percent. I know that county pretty well and I don't see many immigrants there, legal or illegal.
And for those who claim it's a Democratic thing, Franklin went heavily for Romney. And McCain. And Bush. And Bush ...
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03-01-2013, 10:55 PM
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Obamanomics don't care if you're D or R.
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03-02-2013, 08:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rivergator
So people are pretending this started under Obama and is somehow limited to Corrine Brown's district?
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No. His policies are not doing anything to help but will continue the course...
I don't know what to say about Corrine Brown other than the University of Florida should be embarrassed she has a degree from it. Her district cuts through Marion County but fortunately not Ocala...
Do love the school spirit though!
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03-02-2013, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by gatorpa
Look into the massive rise in single parent births, that will shock you as well...I wonder if there is any correlation, hmmm....
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No doubt! Another epidemic...
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03-02-2013, 08:42 AM
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Since we all like charts, could there be a relationship between Medicaid births and the unemployment rate? Florida's unemployment rate from the BLS:
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03-02-2013, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VAg8r1
Since we all like charts, could there be a relationship between Medicaid births and the unemployment rate? Florida's unemployment rate from the BLS:

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I think you will find this graph to work more closely with economic indicators.
Though gatorpa's assertion of fatherless births I think would show a lot of correlation...
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