Earning Painkillers through Hard Labor in Medicaid

A woman with a sling on her arm and her leg in a cast is scrubbing a floor while hooked to an IV drip. A standing woman reads from a clipboard, saying the patient has almost earned enough work-credit points for painkillers.

Almost makes you want to break a bone for the rewards.

This cartoon humorously criticizes the Medicaid system, illustrating a patient having to perform physical labor to 'earn' enough points to receive painkillers, highlighting bureaucratic inefficiency and patient hardship.

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