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I call BS on this story, there is no way she could not get Meds or Doctors visits with Medicaid and sometimes people in Medicaid also are on Medicare. This sounds like a pure propaganda piece.

Even on Medicare the cost for Diabetic medication can be staggering plus if you need a specialist like an Endocrinologist even more so. Although the syringe and bottles are cheaper if I remember right from my ex-GF it means more shots and closer monitoring than the pen type which can run $500 plus a month for Insulin like a Tresiba Pen if you have no insurance or it doesn't cover it. Some Diabetics require at least two different Insulins adding to the cost the second being a sliding scale pre-meal pen. The strips aren't real expensive but the 15 day monitors are out of reach for most. Those monitors mean no skin pricking several times a day plus an alert system if sugar goes high or low.

Being on Medicare and/or Medicaid doesn't gaurantee a doctor will take you as a new patient. I know from my own experiences dealing with my late wife and my own health issues but hers were far more serious as she was a quadriplegic. Back in the 2000's we lost our doctor because the medical group closed some offices and laid off doctors. This was in Tennessee. For over six months we went without a primary care doctor. I spent hours calling different doctors. However because at that time we were both Medicare and Tenncare patients {Tenncare had replaced Medicaid thanks to Gore and Hillary} no doctor would take the pay cut to see us. We were both disabled. So yes it can happen to someone.

If a person is disabled during the first two years they are on Medicaid only. It takes two more years AFTER being approved for disability usually retroactive to filing date to be on Medicare.

Then also if Medicare only and Diabetic there is another issue. The meds are expensive even on Part D. What happens is you have a basic $3500 a year allowance on medications then you hit a place where from $3500-$8000??? limit it becomes out of pocket basically until you reach the upper limit and it pays all IIRC. A bad Diabetic will a lot of times have multiple co-existing conditions which rack it up even more. I'm just telling the realities of it.

I can understand how it could happen especially with the lockdown we had going on. Disability for most people including myself is not the gold mine many think it is but sometimes there is no other choice. I'm no longer on Medicaid/Tenncare and after my Medicare premium I draw about $830 a month total and still make co-pays. Thankfully I am not Diabetic but my disability Inner Ear and Brain related sensory processing issues I have some medical cost especially if my primary care Doc needs to do a Cover His Butt test such as CT scans etc.