August 27, 2008
W.Va. Medicaid recipients don't understand program, survey says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginians covered by Medicaid don't understand recent program changes, leaving thousands of low-income children and families without access to critical medical care, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The Direct Action Welfare Group, a statewide organization of people on public assistance, said the state's Medicaid office has mismanaged the program - called Mountain Health Choices - and failed to educate recipients.
Two-thirds of West Virginians on Medicaid said they didn't receive a letter from the state, notifying them that their benefits had changed, according to the survey.
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I am a well-employed 37 year old with two teenage children and great Blue Cross insurance, but I find your ignorance appalling. Where do you think a single mom with young kids (especially if they live in Charleston) to find a job above minimum wage that has benefits and doesn't require that she find a daycare? I have customers who work two and three minimum wage jobs without insurance because that is the only way they can put food on their kids' table with the least possible amount of welfare. The welfare system counts everything against you--got a 50 cent raise? Benefits drop. Got a car to get you to work? Benefits drop. Got a computer to go to college online? Benefits drop. Move to a more expensive apartment so your kids are safer? Benefits don't go up and may drop (I mean, if you can afford an extra $50/month rent you must not need foodstamps). There are many reasons why this is such a pervasive culture. I used to be there; welfare is a hand up, not a hand out.
You're not taking care of your kids, you're making us take care of them. If you can't feed 'em, don't breed em...
Just a thought?
How is it that West Virginians average 17.2 perscriptions per person!
In China, tradition has it that the villiage doctor was only as wealthy as the villiage was prosperous. the villiage was only prosperous if the workers were healthy. Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years and is even being adopted as alternative medicine by some physicians in the United States, although the treatments are not covered by the majority of insurance in the US.
In America, your hospitals and physicians only make money if they can justify continued long-term treatment. They do not benefit if you are healthy and productive.
...which system would you rather be treated by?
Universal coverage now!
Also Medicare & Medicaid act as a safety valve to passify patients & pay off professional healtcare providers. Vital Statistics prove that most 1st world countries have populations which are as healthy or healthier than US citizens for half the cost.
Give us all Medicare from birth. Let private insurers compete for providing additional coverage. For most of us the additional taxes and premiums would be less than what we pay for private insurance now. And universal coverage means better preventive care, which decreases emergency room costs and expensive chronic disease care, and lower overhead costs.
And for those complaining about their health care, you are right to complain--there should be a common, universal way of getting health care, not this mishmash that serves stockholders and health plan executives. Don't blame the other victims--literally the majority of Medicaid recipients are children.
It's VERY simple...just send them a bill for services received! Watch how fast they react. Their cost for coverage is $-0-...they pay $-0- for their care. What a SWEET deal...just wish I could get the same!!!!!