Cole M. Brinkerhoff

Students should stop abusing Medicaid to have babies

I am a member of the predominate religion in this state. I served a mission, got married, went to college and pharmacy school. When I started my family, we were offered Medicaid to pay for our babies and my wife flatly refused. Being members of a religion that emphasized self-reliance, we know that our children are our responsibility and that taking government handouts or expecting others to pay is not just wrong, but immoral.

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