Comments on: Note to Medicaid Patients: The Doctor Won’t See You. http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/ Age and Youth in Action Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Saundra http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6373 Saundra Mon, 19 May 2008 00:16:03 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6373 I know about Fibromyalgia i take Pamelor for it and it works. I am moving soon to Lexington,Ky. and i am trying to find a doctor in the area. Any suggestions??? I don't know where to start to find a doctor. This whole thing is crazy that because i was in a bad wreck back when i was 17 and became disabled i can't get a doctor to see me. Thank You,Saundra I know about Fibromyalgia i take Pamelor for it and it works. I am moving soon to Lexington,Ky. and i am trying to find a doctor in the area. Any suggestions??? I don’t know where to start to find a doctor. This whole thing is crazy that because i was in a bad wreck back when i was 17 and became disabled i can’t get a doctor to see me. Thank You,Saundra

]]> By: Lea Schorr http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6130 Lea Schorr Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:52:57 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6130 Even if the doctor WILL see you and accepts MedicAid as insurance, there's no way to be sure the doctor is a Good Doctor. My current private practice dr who does accept MedicAid claimed at our first meeting interview-the-doctor apppointment that he had several patients already who are trying to deal with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. He may indeed have several such patients. If the way he treats me is any indication he really doesn't know much about we who have CFS/F. It's his habit to go very far "off-label" in prescribing meds he feels might help me. So far I've gotten medications for epilepsy, diabetes, herpes, cardiac issues, and have been told to report to a psychiatrist. Except for the cardiac issues, I have none of the above problems. CFS/F are not mental conditions. What they are, are physical illnesses that may sometimes cause mental aberrations. That's NOT the same thing, despite the obvious opinion of the several doctors I've consulted. As with many CFS/F patients, I often react oddly to medications to the point I cannot continue their use or the medications have no effect whatsoever. Dr goes into a ham-actor version of showing frustration, rolling his eyes, grimacing his mouth, and frowning at me. I'm sorry I have this problem. It wasn't my idea to get it. It's annoying to be put through his act at the majority of my appointments with this man. Having finally had enough, I called a local hospital and asked for names of MedicAid-accepting private practice doctors. I was told to go to the county clinics. It seems the person at the hospital either didn't hear or failed to understand the "private practice" phrase. When I told the phone answering person the clinics were not a good option for me, she suggested I go through the phone book and call each listed physician to ask if MedicAid was accepted by each physician. I'm sorry but when a Chronic Fatigue patient looks at such a task it's much too daunting. Such calls also interrupt the normal flow of business at a doctor's office. I really feel it would be possible for general operators at hospitals to answer my question...it's truly not that complicated for a relatively healthy working person...and wouldn't interrupt the flow of that person's day for more than the minutes it took to utter the names of a few doctors. Thanks very much for the option of posting this quandary. Sincerely, Lea Schorr. ca21595423@mchsi.com Even if the doctor WILL see you and accepts MedicAid as insurance, there’s no way to be sure the doctor is a Good Doctor.
My current private practice dr who does accept MedicAid claimed at our first meeting interview-the-doctor apppointment that he had several patients already who are trying to deal with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
He may indeed have several such patients. If the way he treats me is any indication he really doesn’t know much about we who have CFS/F.

It’s his habit to go very far “off-label” in prescribing meds he feels might help me. So far I’ve gotten medications for epilepsy, diabetes, herpes, cardiac issues, and have been told to report to a psychiatrist.
Except for the cardiac issues, I have none of the above problems. CFS/F are not mental conditions. What they are, are physical illnesses that may sometimes cause mental aberrations.
That’s NOT the same thing, despite the obvious opinion of the several doctors I’ve consulted.

As with many CFS/F patients, I often react oddly to medications to the point I cannot continue their use or the medications have no effect whatsoever. Dr goes into a ham-actor version of showing frustration, rolling his eyes, grimacing his mouth, and frowning at me.
I’m sorry I have this problem. It wasn’t my idea to get it.

It’s annoying to be put through his act at the majority of my appointments with this man.

Having finally had enough, I called a local hospital and asked for names of MedicAid-accepting private practice doctors.
I was told to go to the county clinics. It seems the person at the hospital either didn’t hear or failed to understand the “private practice” phrase.
When I told the phone answering person the clinics were not a good option for me, she suggested I go through the phone book and call each listed physician to ask if MedicAid was accepted by each physician.

I’m sorry but when a Chronic Fatigue patient looks at such a task it’s much too daunting.
Such calls also interrupt the normal flow of business at a doctor’s office.
I really feel it would be possible for general operators at hospitals to answer my question…it’s truly not that complicated for a relatively healthy working person…and wouldn’t interrupt the flow of that person’s day for more than the minutes it took to utter the names of a few doctors.

Thanks very much for the option of posting this quandary.

Sincerely,
Lea Schorr.
ca21595423@mchsi.com

]]> By: sam http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6128 sam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:02:14 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-6128 i try 100 s of doctors offices but everybody ssays ssssoooory! we not accept madicaid. why government not do some? i try 100 s of doctors offices but everybody ssays ssssoooory!
we not accept madicaid.
why government not do some?

]]> By: Darwin Corby http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-5013 Darwin Corby Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:26:51 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-5013 Quote "But when Medicaid patients seek care, they often find themselves locked out of the medical system." It's a shame that money is the reason health care is denied to some people. How much suffering goes on unreported? Quote

“But when Medicaid patients seek care, they often find themselves locked out of the medical system.”

It’s a shame that money is the reason health care is denied to some people. How much suffering goes on unreported?

]]> By: RK http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-385 RK Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:03:41 +0000 http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/note-to-medicaid-patients-the-doctor-wont-see-you/#comment-385 Agree with Dr. Tynes Family physicians are getting killed with the medicaid patients, its very difficult to survive as a family physician, we know how much struggle we had to become a physician with all the debts and lost our family life...now these insurances esp. medicaid payments such low reimbursement..can u imagine a family physician is working less than $40/hr in which he sees almost 5 patients which is $8/patient...come on $8/patient visit..that's really sucks... how can we survive... Agree with Dr. Tynes Family physicians are getting killed with the medicaid patients, its very difficult to survive as a family physician, we know how much struggle we had to become a physician with all the debts and lost our family life…now these insurances esp. medicaid payments such low reimbursement..can u imagine a family physician is working less than $40/hr in which he sees almost 5 patients which is $8/patient…come on $8/patient visit..that’s really sucks… how can we survive…

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