Post for 11-9

                Today the class went to Alliance For Independence, a place that helps persons with disabilities be able to begin to function on their own.  One thing struck me as really sad, besides the fact that these people are born with disabilities, it was that the funding the place received was terrible. The lady said that the cost of keeping each patient there every day was around seventy-five dollars a day. She then explained that most of the people there were on Medicad’s rehabilitation benefits. It’s great that these people get to receive benefits to come to this place to get help but the sad thing is that Medicad only pays twenty-seven dollars a day for each patient. Now what I got from what she said, was that if they are on Medicad they do not need to cover the cost and the company takes a loss in the amount of about forty-eight dollars a day per patient. The tour guide also said that there were 110 patients in the center currently. Now if you multiply the forty-eight dollars by 110 patients you see that the center is taking over a 5,000 dollar loss PER DAY! This is terrible, and for all who went, you saw the facility. It’s not that great looking of a place and it seems like they could use some rebuilding or expansion. Honestly they need more funding I’m not sure if the new healthcare thing that the President passed will help this or not but if it doesn’t someone needs to do something to help. This field trip has helped me more understand the play we are reading in that one of the characters is on trial to possibly have his Medicad taken away. In my opinion there needs to be something more done to help these people who do not have a voice of their own.