Posted on 11/20/2023 1:33:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
BS, they cut it back to give it to illegals.
Do Medicaid payments not go directly from government coffers to the provider? I've never heard of Medicaid "membership fees" to insurance companies. Is that something cooked up as part of Obamacare?
Article:
“as you remove your shoes in an airport this holiday season”
Nope.
If relatives want to see me they can take off their shoes. They know where to find me.
“Do Medicaid payments not go directly from government coffers to the provider?”
You are correct—and the article was incorrect for suggesting otherwise.
Every illegal child (under 18) and every illegal pregnant woman are eligible for full Medicaid, including full dental care for illegal children.
Plus - 100% of illegals are eligible for Emergency Room treatment.
The ER illegals get billed, but very few illegals pay a dime for treatment, or medication.
Remember when Obama was pushing the states to basically extend Medicade to everyone to make his healthcare takeover fly? Now we get to see the results of that.
Does that generate monthly Medicaid premiums?
That is an oxymoron, or always has been.
Medicaid has “management” companies such as CHPW and Molina in my own state that administer the plans and, in fact, receive payments as the article suggest and in turn pay providers.
While Medicare Advantage insurers go out of their way to deny valid claims to their insured.
I knew Medicare had gotten wedded to insurance companies, ... but it looks as though Medicaid is following suit. That will insure that weaning people from the dole will really be uphill.
Be careful. Biden is allowing illegals to get on SS disability. So with one hand they say we are cutting Medicaid glut, with the other hand they are rapidly bankrupting SS disability.
No, the article in not incorrect. Many private insurance companies have DUAL PLANS for Medicare/Medicaid eligibles, so they manage that beneficiary and recieve the state and fed payment for doing so. ....ymmv
The government contracts insurance companies to administer the medicaid program. They get paid per capita. That is the “membership fee” they are referring to, I believe
That appears to be the case. I knew so for Medicare; otherwise, why are the Insurance companies courting the old folks with big health concerns and offering policies with "zero premiums?" That is, zero to the policyholder, some from the taxpayers, and severe limits to allowed charges.
What a mess.
No lots of insurance Co pay for medicaid patients, yes a state will contract with a company to do the paying of said claims
No there are no medicaid premiums never have been
They are called special needs plans or SNP what Medicare does not pay the medicaid makes up for. Most if not all health insurance cos do this.
Been going on for over 30 years
Nope they have to follow the same Medicare rules as regular Medicare, there is a letter process plus a time limit a provider must submit a claim period.
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