ive always been financially conservative, right wing on money issues. melonie, if you read this, id greatly appreciate your feedback since i see that you have right wing money views as well.
every time i hear about another stripper going on medicaid during a pregnancy, i am perplexed and admittedly a bit annoyed. strippers make decent money...if not, then theyd most likely not be doing it. so then a stripper who is young, healthy, and lacks big preexisting conditions shouldnt have a problem finding and paying for indep health insurance, even with the ripoff rates many insurance companies charge these days. ok so i realize that sometimes a girl might find herself pregnant before she gets around to signing up for health insurance...and once a girl's already pregnant, indep health ins companies wont cover it because its a "preexisting condition". but to go on medicaid?? come on, if the govt knew how much money she'd been making stripping, she'd never be eligible for it. which means that most likely the stripper-on-medicaid is hiding her job, hiding her cash earnings, and not only reaping medicaid benefits, but skimping on her taxes as well. which puts a tax burden on the rest of us taxpayers. can we please examine other healthcare options here?
i realize that a pregnant stripper can only strip for so long before she "shows" too much (usually 3-5 mos) and must take a maternity leave. but does that mean she has to sign up for medicaid + sit around unemployed for those last months?...no. she could try and get a parttime retail job that has group health ins benefits available. e.g., starbucks gives ins to workers that work only 20hrs/week after 3 or 6 mos...which means a girl wont be covered for the ob/gyn visits in the first few mos but the ins would kick in before delivery, where the majority of healthcare costs are accrued. during those first few mos, the girl would most likely still be able to earn cash dancing and (assuming its a normal healthy pregnancy) she'd only need to see a ob/gyn ~once a month anyway.
another thing about medicaid -- medicaid has the highest rate of rejected claims of any health insurance. and the choice of clinics/drs are limited. if you can do better, why not do it? esp if it's for your baby?
and if you're already planning to marry the "baby daddy" that has group healthcare available for you once you're married...take it! even if it means having an earlier, cheaper (even courthouse) wedding. you can always have your big extravagant wedding later. if you postpone getting married + getting his health ins benefits just to have the big wedding, that is rather selfish...selfish for the taxpayers, even selfish for the baby.
i do not understand why so many strippers feel they must rely on "the system" i.e. the gov't. personally id feel "stripped" (pun intended) of my pride to have to feebly rely on gov't, esp if im otherwise healthy and at an age that i should be self sufficient. i am a self starter that likes to be ambitious. in my opinion going on medicaid is like moving back home with mom and dad...better than nothing, but a very last resort that should be AVOIDED if possible. also, it is hypocritical to complain about high income tax rates on one's earnings yet want gov't aid available, esp if it could have been avoided. why arent there more people out there that feel the way i do? why is it always "i got pregnant having voluntary unprotected sex, ooh looks like im signing up for medicaid!" or "oh, you got pregnant? dont worry girl, just say 'medicaid'!"?
P.S. -- i am not trying to be a jerk, just trying to shed some new light on a topic that ive noticed often gets overlooked by young girls (and not just strippers). i've been there before -- in my 20s, good income, surprise pregnancy, no health ins. i had suggestion of "medicaid" thrown at me so many times i wanted to scream. i refused, refused, refused to pretend i was impoverished (i.e., lie about my cash earnings) to become a welfare recipient. eventually i found a birthing clinic that was a good bit cheaper than a hospital would be out-of-pocket, and within my affordability range. i didnt know nearly as much about this topic as i did back then but i was still able to find a way to make having a baby work without relying on "the system". i just hope i can open some peoples' eyes to alternate routes to maternity coverage.



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