I see some on here talking about Medicaid. Medicaid is a joke.Quality doctors do not accept Medicaid because it costs more to do the paperwork than they get in reimbursement. Medicaid is the government and they TELL doctors, radiologists and hospitals what they will accept for reimbursement. Medicaid is socialized medicine. Unless the parents could find a charity to help, this little angel was doomed.
Okay. It’s not always easy to understand a person’s point in a post (and we sometimes hastily post which doesn’t help either way). However, I disagree that this child was doomed. If the parents had cared and sought treatment as soon as the lump was found, I do not think there is one hospital in Cleveland that would have refused him even with the parents having NO insurance. And for the record, in spite of the many things Cleveland does not have, we do, fortunately, have the very BEST in health care right here in The Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and Metro General.