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Can confirm it works fairly well for the poor. I have been registered for Medicaid the past three years of school and have not had to used it until this year. E

Can confirm it works fairly well for the poor. I have been registered for Medicaid the past three years of school and have not had to used it until this year. Every single time I use my insurance (CareSource) I am absolutely blown away by how painless it is. Other than presenting proof of coverage twice in a series of multiple hospital and doctor's visits I have not had to worry about insurance for a single moment. At one point my physician was ordering lab work and kept asking if I wanted any additional lab work of my choosing and this just seemed absurd because on private insurance I would never consider lab work to be discretionary.

aidenn0 9y ago
Medical is a horrible situation when I've had to use it. The places that take it you pay nothing, but many places won't take it, and many GPs at places that do take it won't take new patients on it. The dental care was also terrible: 2 places only in my city that accept it. Neither would give an appointment for a cleaning and a checkup at the same time, and I never was admitted less than 20 minutes after my appointment time.
KyeRussell 9y ago
> At one point my physician was ordering lab work and kept asking if I wanted any additional lab work of my choosing and this just seemed absurd because on private insurance I would never consider lab work to be discretionary. From your perspective that's great, but it's still another sign of the system being broken. As soon as you involve cash flowing between multiple entities, it just becomes a massive cash grab. The physician seemingly knew they could take advantage of your cover in that instance. That in itself seems problematic. Note: I'm not from the US, so there's probably an aspect of Medicaid that I don't understand. We have a more sane healthcare system :)

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Can confirm it works fairly well for the poor. I have been registered for Medicaid the past three years of school and have not had to used it until this year. E

by caresource_ta 9y ago

aidenn0 9y ago
Medical is a horrible situation when I've had to use it. The places that take it you pay nothing, but many places won't take it, and many GPs at places that do take it won't take new patients on it. The dental care was also terrible: 2 places only in my city that accept it. Neither would give an appointment for a cleaning and a checkup at the same time, and I never was admitted less than 20 minutes after my appointment time.
KyeRussell 9y ago
> At one point my physician was ordering lab work and kept asking if I wanted any additional lab work of my choosing and this just seemed absurd because on private insurance I would never consider lab work to be discretionary. From your perspective that's great, but it's still another sign of the system being broken. As soon as you involve cash flowing between multiple entities, it just becomes a massive cash grab. The physician seemingly knew they could take advantage of your cover in that instance. That in itself seems problematic. Note: I'm not from the US, so there's probably an aspect of Medicaid that I don't understand. We have a more sane healthcare system :)