Re: Chrissy, : Medicaid

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Chrissy,

Yeah, it sounds like its a big joke! You mean that if they send you a bill for the remaining amount that Medicaid didn't pay, you don't have to pay it? Or if you don't have the money to pay the co-pay for a prescription, the pharmacy has to take it as a loss? (I'm lost here).....

The State should have to update their list on which doctors accept Medicaid. Or, the State should tell the doctors that if they want to practice medicine in New York State, they have to accept NY Medicaid. Or, give them something like a bargin....like a tax break if they accept it. But, to just not pay those doctors at all.....that is just not right because those who are on Medicaid depends on it for a reason. What are you supposed to do if you are laying there dying and the doctor doesn't take medicaid? lay there and die while waiting for them to find a doctor 200 miles away that does?

Maybe we all should start writing to the DEA and to the President, Congressmen and Senators, and start demanding better Medical Care? I know that we have tried this before, and no one else cared to write to their Representatives.......but for once, do you think that everyone just once could do it?

We all could write to New York's Reps and see if we can't get them better Health Care like what Senator Clinton PROMISED during her Campaign......cough, cough, cough, cough.

Tonia

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Tonia,

Here in NY, everything <except pain management> is covered but the catch is trying to find doctors, dentists and eye doctors and such who take Medicaid. They have a list that I got but of course they never update it to take off the doctors who no longer accept it and I called every one on those 4 pages and it was all zippo on any of them taking Medicaid. Now on prescriptions, depending on what it is, there is a co-pay BUT if you don't have the co-pay, the pharmacist HAS to accept that and you still get your Rx even if you can't pay the co-pay..it's some kind of new-ish law about that. Now as far as hospitals and such go, I had an MRI a few months back and the bill was almost $700 and NYS only paid the hospital $15!! Then the hospital billed me for the balance which is illegal here and I sure let them know about it. That's why pain management clinics and such refuse to accept Medicaid, because NYS doesn't pay anything and it's a pretty steep loss. NYS is one of THE most expensive states to live in and Medicaid can't pay the bills..go figure...guess all the tax money and funding totally goes to all the politicians ,,and as far as another state accepting NY's Medicaid..LOL!!! What a laugh!! That'll never happen..they're too damn cheap when it comes time to pay the bill. They do have a thing here through MVP and GHI where you can enroll in one of those 2 HMO's and not have to worry about pain management and I'm not eligible because I only got Medicaid because of my lawsuit and anything that's directly related to my lawsuit that I see doctors for I have to reimburse them for it when my settlement comes through. Now I've e-mailed Dawn back channel about her doctor that she sees which isn't too far from where I live (maybe an hour) and she's going to send me his name and number again (I keep losing it) and I'm going to call him tomorrow and see what I can do along with calling my lawyer..and I'm going to tell him that now I've resorted to busting in on other people's lives trying to find a doctor who will see me. I too wish that we actually had nationwide medical care like they do over in Europe or England or wherever it is..it would be a lot easier..

Gentle Hugs,

~Chrissy~