Medicaid Predjudice

apaquette — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:33:56 +0000

I am a single mother working hard and going to school full time. I unfortunately receive no help from my daughter’s father. One complaint that I have is that she is eligible for Medicaid because of my income status. I however make too much money to receive any Medicaid benefits for myself. However my biggest complaint is that with a Medicaid card you are not eligible to receive care at all Dr’s offices. I do not think that any DR should be able to turn down medical patients because they have Medicaid. I understand the DR’s work hard for their degrees and are entitled to make the money that they have worked hard to get, however the fact that many people are looked down upon because they have Medicaid is ridiculous. This is also true for Medicare. These insurance benefits should pay just as much as a employer purchased medical insurance. Being a hard worker and trying to better myself through school for my child and myself it is disturbing to me that certain people look at me like I am a dead beat person and don’t want better for myself or my child because I present them with a Medicaid card for my daughters insurance. I think that it is partially the state that should mandate offices to participate with the Medicaid. It is really hard to find a provider that accepts Medicaid for dental and vision care. Not to mention the DR’s offices that don’t accept it either. I don’t think people who have Medicaid should get a less amount of service because of the financial state they are in. Also just recently I took my daughter in for an eye exam. She was given a choice of five pairs of glasses that Medicaid would cover. This is ridiculous. I would have even been willing to pay out of pocket for a small amount more then Medicaid will pay, however, they don’t allow you to do that. So out of hundreds of frames that they had available my daughter was only allowed to pick from 5. That is wrong and unfair treatment by medical and other facilities because of the insurance that she has. Not to mention all of the looks of disapproval that you get when your child is on Medicaid. People treat you and look at you like you are lazy and don’t want to work or that you are just mooching off of the system. I work hard and pay the same taxes as everyone else, that goes toward the health care also. I should not be looked at like a negligent parent or like a useless part of society because my daughter has Medicaid. It has been a struggle to receive the care that I think she is entitled to also. It is ridiculous and prejudice for people to assume that because of the type of medical insurance that she has. Medicaid should reform their system so that is will pay DR’s what their prices are and no one should be turned down because Medicaid doesn’t pay the “going” rate for coverage. Also, I am ineligible for Medicaid unless I spend over $400.00 out of pocket a month for my medical benefits. I don’t go to the DR very often and I am in fairly good health but the amount that I would have to spend on medical out of pocket before they would pick up the rest is almost more than I make in 2 weeks of work. This is ridiculous. This country is supposed to be the richest in the world and yet we continue to spend millions of dollars to help others before we help people that are in our own country. This is not the way we should take care of ourselves.

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Medicaid Predjudice