Dang it. Yes, our son was deemed eligible for Medicaid after persistent fighting. But what good is it? He went through 3 pages of ENT specialists listed on the website as Medicaid-accepting. All answered emphatically with “No”. The last office asked which kind of Medicaid and said it would call back after lunch. What the hell?
Apparently, there is full Medicaid and Take-Charge Medicaid. The latter only allows one doctor visit for the entire year and pays for no prescriptions. No doctor will accept Take-Charge.
So back to square one. Louisiana, and other states who have refused to accept Medicaid dollars, care not a whit about their citizens. The whole safety net argument is a total farce. People die waiting to be declared eligible. Those who are deemed accepted die while searching for doctors. Making doctors wait for payment that is below what they deserve is a deliberate design to make the system disintegrate. (Sounds like what is done to public education. Siphon off funds and wait for public education to die on the vine.)
How can any thinking American support such travesties?
It is mysterious why our son was refused Medicaid and then was made eligible after Jindal’s office contacted the Medicaid office. Are they trying to shut-up a well-educated law student who happens to be a sick, jobless thorn-in-their-side and does not fit the stereotype of a poor person? Do they not want Robby to be used as an example of a victim of Jindal’s cruel callousness? Why did the Medicaid head tell Robby that he was taking him under his wing?