Yep, and I hated to get my Mom on Medicaid when she had to go to a nursing home - but what else can you do?

My folks were good hard working people who never asked for any government assistance. When my Mom got so old, she got to the point we couldn't take care of her at home. Nobody but a multimillionaire could afford to pay what the nursing home, their doctor, and medications cost. When that happens, most any family is forced to go to Medicaid.

Medical costs are just outrageous - putting my Mom up in a 4-star hotel for a year would have been cheaper. What's going on is a massive transfer of tax money to the health care industry - and the more the government gets involved in it the more expensive it's going to be.