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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 154442" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Our county is rather affluent, origianlly a rural farming county, it has caught attention and has drawn a very affluent crowd the last 20 years. Our population has doubled and even tripled or quadrupled in many of our towns here in last 10-15 years....</p><p>BUT even several years ago when the whole family was on Medicaide, we had grave difficulty finding a doctor to accept the Medicaide. I remember maybe 10 years or so ago, an article in paper (backed up by letters to providers) that docs could not be guaranteed tobe reimbursed at all for services given thru Medicaide, and Medicaide is who sent that article out. </p><p></p><p>It is further compounded by our local hospital ERs while not openly and obviously not treating patients with Medicaide, they undertreat, and discharge without exams, evaluations, tests- they discharged my husband after a motorcycle accident and I took him straight to military base hospital, and THEY admitted him to ICU for 3 weeks.- He had a head injury, liver injury and extensive road rash and a messed up shoulder that had him in PT for over a year. THey refused to set both of my daughters broken arms, saying they do not set broken arms, but- not a one of the ortho docs accept Medicaide, either. </p><p>Many people I know have truly scary and horrible horror stories re Medicaide here. Closer to the city, you can find more docs to accept Medicaide, BUT, often if we go there we are told we are not "from their service area" Ironically, our community clinic, they will not see Medicaide holders.....yeesh. They ONLY accept totally uninsured people, on a sliding scale fee service, cash up front. BUT they also do not dispense any medications and are only open 2 days a week, by appointment only- no walk ins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 154442, member: 1697"] Our county is rather affluent, origianlly a rural farming county, it has caught attention and has drawn a very affluent crowd the last 20 years. Our population has doubled and even tripled or quadrupled in many of our towns here in last 10-15 years.... BUT even several years ago when the whole family was on Medicaide, we had grave difficulty finding a doctor to accept the Medicaide. I remember maybe 10 years or so ago, an article in paper (backed up by letters to providers) that docs could not be guaranteed tobe reimbursed at all for services given thru Medicaide, and Medicaide is who sent that article out. It is further compounded by our local hospital ERs while not openly and obviously not treating patients with Medicaide, they undertreat, and discharge without exams, evaluations, tests- they discharged my husband after a motorcycle accident and I took him straight to military base hospital, and THEY admitted him to ICU for 3 weeks.- He had a head injury, liver injury and extensive road rash and a messed up shoulder that had him in PT for over a year. THey refused to set both of my daughters broken arms, saying they do not set broken arms, but- not a one of the ortho docs accept Medicaide, either. Many people I know have truly scary and horrible horror stories re Medicaide here. Closer to the city, you can find more docs to accept Medicaide, BUT, often if we go there we are told we are not "from their service area" Ironically, our community clinic, they will not see Medicaide holders.....yeesh. They ONLY accept totally uninsured people, on a sliding scale fee service, cash up front. BUT they also do not dispense any medications and are only open 2 days a week, by appointment only- no walk ins. [/QUOTE]
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