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Washington To Limit Medicaid Emergency Room Visits
khq.com ^ | September 26, 2011

Posted on 10/02/2011 6:25:01 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

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To: ilovesarah2012
Uh...tell me one more time how 'obamacare' makes medical care better....

threedocs
21 posted on 10/02/2011 6:43:46 AM PDT by FrankR (What you resist...PERSISTS!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That’s the reasoning alright


22 posted on 10/02/2011 6:44:22 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: no dems

Yep, that will do it. People always overuse what they don’t have to pay for.


23 posted on 10/02/2011 6:44:30 AM PDT by dforest
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To: ilovesarah2012

I don’t object to this, this is medicaid. Some have no choice but there are plenty of others on medicaid that have gamed the system and shouldn’t be on it anyway.


24 posted on 10/02/2011 6:44:30 AM PDT by shield ((Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: TomGuy
First, medical facilities cannot/will not deny service, emergency or otherwise. The resulting lawsuits would bankrupt them.

Actually, turning them away is a Federal crime.

Lawsuits are a minor problem, compared to EMTALA.

25 posted on 10/02/2011 6:44:49 AM PDT by Jim Noble (To live peacefully with credit-based consumption and fiat money, men would have to be angels.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Took my mother in law to a hospital emergency room in Allentown,Pa. last Feb. I sat there from 5:00 PM til midnight & saw a constant parade of whole families that did not speak english go in for treatment of colds.(alleged colds) You hear about this stuff but it is a shock when you see it. There were no questions asked they just let them in. We pay for this crap. It needs to be changed as we all know.


26 posted on 10/02/2011 6:45:56 AM PDT by certrtwngnut
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To: ilovesarah2012

Pay for your generosity with your own money. Not mine :-)


27 posted on 10/02/2011 6:46:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: no dems

What services and medical costs does Medicaid cover?
Medicaid will pay for the services listed below. Some people are required to pay copayments for starred(*) services.
COVERED SERVICES:
ç Doctor visits/services *
ç Hospital services (Limits apply) *
ç Lab and X-ray
ç Dental care (Limits apply) *
ç Eye care (Limits apply) *
ç Prescribed Drugs

http://www.nd.gov/dhs/info/pubs/docs/dn-555-medicaid-brochure-1003.pdf


28 posted on 10/02/2011 6:48:47 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: certrtwngnut

If more folks had skin in the game, they’d be far less likely to abuse the system. Our health insurance, for example, has a low three figure co-pay for ER visits. Even if we were inclined to abuse the ER, that co-pay would ensure that we don’t.


29 posted on 10/02/2011 6:49:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: mewzilla

That’s my point. We don’t get to decide how our tax money is spent.


30 posted on 10/02/2011 6:49:53 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

***Who determines what an emergency is?***

Triage.

Since hospitals will lose money with this limitation - perhaps they will organize ‘out-patient’ clinics for minor complaints, rather than clog up the ER beds & facilities.


31 posted on 10/02/2011 6:50:18 AM PDT by sodpoodle (God is ignoring me - because He is watching you.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Liberals will shelve this by asserting discrimination against ILLEGALS.


32 posted on 10/02/2011 6:50:45 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: ilovesarah2012

What percentage of your county’s budget goes to meet its Medicaid obligation?


33 posted on 10/02/2011 6:51:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: certrtwngnut

I get medical care at our local health department. Usually I am one of maybe three non-Spanish patients. Like being in a foreign country. Are they here legally? Who knows?


34 posted on 10/02/2011 6:52:12 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
A person on Medicaid will take an ambulance to the ER for a sprained ankle rather than cough up $10 for a cab ride. Medicaid needs reasonable co-payments attached to it to avoid this crap.
35 posted on 10/02/2011 6:52:12 AM PDT by Shqipo (I am AttackWatch parolee #1,237. I am breaking my parole once more.)
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To: Shqipo

You obviously haven’t ridden in a cab lately!


36 posted on 10/02/2011 6:53:19 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

“”State officials have notified clients that they will get coverage for only three of those visits each year starting Saturday. Additional visits will not be covered, and patients may be billed for that care.””


The only reasons I can imagine a person would need to visit the emergency room more than three times per year is:

1. Overdosing on illegal drugs.
2. Bullet or knife wounds from illegal actions.

It seems Washington needs to toss some Medicaid patients into the slammer.


37 posted on 10/02/2011 6:54:07 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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“That is why doctors are suing - they want to get paid.”

My Father-in-Law is a Dentist in WA State. His fees and services are highly dictated by the State and Insurance companies and it's nearly driving him out of business. He has not been able to raise his fees enough to keep up with his cost of running his office. He has said that he always wanted to have his own business, but he feels like he is now an employee of the State.

38 posted on 10/02/2011 6:56:22 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

That would be interesting. If you want ER care, you have to first pass a drug test. Would probably clear out the ER real quick.


39 posted on 10/02/2011 6:56:32 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
And the bill for the ambulance to you and me is between $400 to $800 dollars.
40 posted on 10/02/2011 6:56:49 AM PDT by Shqipo (I am AttackWatch parolee #1,237. I am breaking my parole once more.)
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