> > Medicare covers a fair bit for those who are over 62, but not > > prescriptions. > > Medicaid covers some other things, but I've never figured out who > > qualifies > > for it (very few people). Other than that, people have to pay for > > their own > > medical care--doctors, hospitals, drugs, medical assistance devices > > like > > wheelchairs, etc.
Well, all things change, and I haven't had to deal with the "system" for the last year and a half, so I'm not up-to-date. But when I was a "provider" (one of the people who provided the services paid by Medicaid), it covered that segment of the population who was neither retired nor employed... those with medical disabilities which prevented them from working, children of those people, and in some cases, people who worked but whose income was so insufficient to the needs of their families that they were eligible for assistance... And for a while there, it seemed they had more medical options than the rest of us. But the fact is that fewer and fewer physicians are willing to take the tiny payments Medicaid was willing to pay for services, so that isn't so any more. And the amount of paperwork required for reimbursement is horrific - one of the reasons I decided to "close shop". Clay To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
