PORTLAND, O <\/b>\u2013 La semana pasada, el senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, recorri\u00f3 hogares de ancianos urbanos y rurales, escuchando de primera mano a administradores, enfermeras y residentes sobre la necesidad cr\u00edtica de preservar la expansi\u00f3n de Medicaid bajo la Ley de Atenci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica Asequible. Los \u201c13 Secretos\u201d de los republicanos del Senado est\u00e1n redactando un proyecto de ley a puerta cerrada que probablemente expulsar\u00e1 a m\u00e1s de 20 millones de estadounidenses de su atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, al tiempo que aumentar\u00e1 dr\u00e1sticamente los costos para millones m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n
Esto ser\u00eda devastador para las personas mayores de Estados Unidos: m\u00e1s del 60 por ciento de los residentes de hogares de ancianos en el pa\u00eds dependen de Medicaid para pagar sus facturas. S\u00f3lo en Oreg\u00f3n, 68.000 personas mayores pueden pagar cuidados a largo plazo y vida asistida gracias a la asistencia del Plan de Salud de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cLos residentes tanto en Portland como en Klamath Falls fueron claros: estar\u00edan en grandes problemas sin Medicaid. Deborah, una residente de cuidados a largo plazo, se\u00f1al\u00f3 que 'sin Medicaid, estar\u00eda en la calle y eso es un problema porque no puedo caminar'\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEchar a la calle a nuestros mayores es inaceptable.<\/p>\n
\u201cSi este ataque contra las personas mayores de Estados Unidos tiene \u00e9xito, muchos de ellos ser\u00e1n expulsados de los hogares de ancianos. \u00bfD\u00f3nde ir\u00e1n? Debemos luchar para mantener a nuestros familiares y vecinos vulnerables en las instalaciones que necesitan para recibir la atenci\u00f3n adecuada\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
En Laurelhurst Village en Portland, muchos de sus residentes de cuidados a largo plazo y de vida asistida pueden estar en las instalaciones gracias al Plan de Salud de Oregon. Las enfermeras y los asistentes de enfermer\u00eda certificados dijeron que si se recortaba esa asistencia, sus pacientes se quedar\u00edan sin la atenci\u00f3n que necesitan y merecen.<\/p>\n
\u201cLos miembros del personal de Laurelhurst Village trabajan arduamente para brindar una atenci\u00f3n excelente a nuestros residentes y pacientes. Muchos residentes que viven en nuestra comunidad dependen de Medicaid como su fuente de pago primaria o secundaria\u201d, dijo Nathan Nielsen, director de operaciones de las instalaciones del sudeste de Portland. "Aunque no estamos seguros de qu\u00e9 cambios se producir\u00edan exactamente si este proyecto de ley se aprueba, sabemos que afectar\u00eda en gran medida a los residentes que cuidamos".<\/p>\n
En la zona rural de Klamath Falls, todos menos uno de los residentes de Marquis Plum Ridge est\u00e1n all\u00ed gracias al Plan de Salud de Oreg\u00f3n. Las enfermeras se emocionaron al describir a Merkley c\u00f3mo, sin ayuda, algunos de sus pacientes que tienen pocos recursos y poca o ninguna familia ver\u00edan sus vidas arruinadas por los recortes a Medicaid.<\/p>\n
"Recortar la cobertura de Medicaid tendr\u00eda un impacto devastador en nuestra base de pacientes rurales, donde los ingresos tienden a ser m\u00e1s bajos y los seguros pagados por el empleador son menos comunes", dijo Christine Prather, administradora de Plum Ridge. \u201cEn pocas palabras: estos recortes pondr\u00edan en riesgo la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de nuestros residentes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Seg\u00fan los l\u00edderes republicanos, planean aprobar su proyecto de ley de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sin audiencias del comit\u00e9; no hay posibilidad de que el pueblo estadounidense intervenga; y con el proyecto de ley presentado no m\u00e1s de uno o dos d\u00edas antes de su aprobaci\u00f3n. Esto contrasta con la Ley de Atenci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica Asequible, que pas\u00f3 por 100 audiencias, mesas redondas y recorridos; semanas de votaciones en comit\u00e9s; e incluy\u00f3 m\u00e1s de 100 enmiendas republicanas.<\/p>\n
\n"Necesitamos que todos los estadounidenses que se preocupan por el futuro de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica le hagan saber al Congreso lo que piensan sobre este plan secreto y clandestino de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica", dijo Merkley. "Es por eso que estoy trabajando con los proveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y sus residentes para hacer sonar la alarma".
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