Medicaid increase proposal
There is some good news in the Legislature. A new bill being proposed would increase Medicaid rates to providers over the next two years.You'll remember that Medicaid had not increased their rates since around 1989.
This will still have to pass both houses before being implemented, but it is a hopeful sign.
The changes Medicaid implemented and were to have in place by January 1 did not go as planned. There are thousands of patients who were not assigned their correct provider and many physicians who dropped Medicaid all together.
We predicted these things would happen and unfortunately the patients are the ones with most of the hassles.
The rate increase will incentivize a few more physicians to consider getting back into the program if it passes. If not, the ER will continue to be a primary care center for many of these patients.
posted by Anonymous at 5:45 AM
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A step in the right direction. Currently, both physicians and hospitals barely cover 50% of their costs in this program. Some specialists are starting to drop Medicaid altogether.
What this tells me is, we the people that have worked and are working to provide our own healthcare coverage are going to have to sit in the waiting room longer, to have access to healthcare. It is bad enough that Physicians do not want to take our Insurance, but they sure will be willing to take Medicaid. My suggestion is , maybe everyone should just drop their healthcare coverage and go on Medicaid. The entire system is a joke.
either way we pay. we pay higher insurance premiums to ensure care and we pay higher taxes to support those who have no insurance.
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