Uninsured man not even put on transplant waiting lists

[Marta Russell]

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>Badger Care [Wisconsin's Medicaid] entitled Resler to medical care 
>but the care, he says, was both minimal and impersonal. The first 
>doctor he saw took one look at him, heard his symptoms and told him 
>he had jaundice and heartburn. The doctor prescribed a no salt, 
>protein-loaded diet for the former and Zantac for the latter. 
>Neither helped.
>

So many people think Medicaid is a social safety net.  It isn't when 
hardly any docs will take it, the ones who do aren't very good 
doctors and in some rural areas there isn't ONE doctor good or bad 
who will take it.  further Medicaid is being eroded by shaving off 
prescription drugs from the formulary.  I know someone who cannot get 
oxygen now becaue MediCal denied her.  So people THINK TWICE about 
believing that government health care is doing the job that private 
insurance does not do.  It simply isn't the case.
marta
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Marta Russell
Los Angeles, CA
www.disweb.org