I had an eye-opening and honestly heartbreaking conversation recently, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I ran into an old friend from high school at a coffee shop, and we started catching up. She told me about her struggle to find a doctor or specialist who would accept her insurance.
She’s disabled and relies on Medicaid for her healthcare. Her condition requires frequent check-ups and treatments, but every local provider she’s contacted has either told her they’re not accepting new patients with Medicaid or doesn’t take it at all. She’s been forced to look for care hours away, which is a logistical nightmare because she can’t drive due to her condition.
She mentioned that even for providers that technically accept Medicaid, they limit how many Medicaid patients they’ll see in a given time, and the waiting lists are ridiculous. She’s been skipping appointments because she physically can’t get to them, which is only making her condition worse.
This situation just seems so wrong. Isn’t the point of Medicaid to make healthcare accessible for people who otherwise couldn’t afford it? I know reimbursement rates are lower, but shouldn’t there be some sort of obligation for providers to accept it?
Even getting on someone else’s insurance wouldn’t fix this apparently, as Medicare will always be her primary insurance.
It’s heartbreaking that those who need care most are left without options. This system makes no sense.
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r/NoStupidQuestions I had an eye-opening and honestly heartbreaking conversation recently, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I ran into an old friend from high school at a coffee shop, and we started catching up. She told me about her struggle to find a doctor or specialist who would accept her insurance. She’s disabled and relies on Medicaid for her healthcare. Her condition requires frequent check-ups and treatments, but every local provider she’s contacted has either told her they’re not accepting new patients with Medicaid or doesn’t take it at all. She’s been forced to look for care hours away, which is a logistical nightmare because she can’t drive due to her condition. She mentioned that even for providers that technically accept Medicaid, they limit how many Medicaid patients they’ll see in a given time, and the waiting lists are ridiculous. She’s been skipping appointments because she physically can’t get to them, which is only making her condition worse. This situation just seems so wrong. Isn’t the point of Medicaid to make healthcare accessible for people who otherwise couldn’t afford it? I know reimbursement rates are lower, but shouldn’t there be some sort of obligation for providers to accept it? Even getting on someone else’s insurance wouldn’t fix this apparently, as Medicare will always be her primary insurance. It’s heartbreaking that those who need care most are left without options. This system makes no sense. submitted by /u/UseMeAndThowMeAway [link] [comments]
I had an eye-opening and honestly heartbreaking conversation recently, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I ran into an old friend from high school at a coffee shop, and we started catching up. She told me about her struggle to find a doctor or specialist who would accept her insurance.
She’s disabled and relies on Medicaid for her healthcare. Her condition requires frequent check-ups and treatments, but every local provider she’s contacted has either told her they’re not accepting new patients with Medicaid or doesn’t take it at all. She’s been forced to look for care hours away, which is a logistical nightmare because she can’t drive due to her condition.
She mentioned that even for providers that technically accept Medicaid, they limit how many Medicaid patients they’ll see in a given time, and the waiting lists are ridiculous. She’s been skipping appointments because she physically can’t get to them, which is only making her condition worse.
This situation just seems so wrong. Isn’t the point of Medicaid to make healthcare accessible for people who otherwise couldn’t afford it? I know reimbursement rates are lower, but shouldn’t there be some sort of obligation for providers to accept it?
Even getting on someone else’s insurance wouldn’t fix this apparently, as Medicare will always be her primary insurance.
It’s heartbreaking that those who need care most are left without options. This system makes no sense.
submitted by /u/UseMeAndThowMeAway
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