It is government deciding who is going to contribute more to society. So, therefore, who gets the treatment. It is where it goes when you get into this Orwellian oligarchy. It has got to stop and has got to stop before August.”
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/07/11/gop-rep-gohmert-obamacare-orwellian-oligarchy-got-stop-august/
This is what you get with government intervention. Problem, reaction, solution.
Has Medicaid Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse?
While Medicaid may in some cases provide additional treatment options for an addict who is willing to engage, it also provides a “free” plastic card loaded with unlimited government funds that often increases access to opioids. In 2015, the seven states with the highest drug-overdose death rates were West Virginia, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. These states all have something else in common: All were among the 31 states (not including D.C.) that expanded Medicaid through Obamacare.
Read more at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449171/medicaid-opioid-problem-has-it-made-epidemic-worse
h/t Daniel Higdon