In order to curb medical costs, Washington state lawmakers have capped the amount of annual "non-emergency" visits Medicaid patients can make to emergency rooms at three. Furious about the seemingly arbitrary restriction on patients' rights, a group of doctors has sued the state over the measure.
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They have no where else to go. The Salisbury Urgent Care facility doesnt take medicare, they have no where else to go for those non-emergencies other than the ER. They don't take Aetna either.
ReplyDeleteIT'S ALL ABOUT THE DOLLAR!
I work in a medical division where 80% of our patients are medicare and we do just fine and they pay faster then other carriers.
Exactly! If the Salisbury Immediate Care to Medicare you would never be seen. You will use your own $ if you really need care. Therefore, the people with medicare probably would not rush to the doctor so frequently over a sniffle if they had to use their own $. Doctors are to blame the most b/c if the know the patient has medicaid they would see them as frequently as medicaid will pay for it. Hence, that's why doctors are suing Washington State. The rest of the 49 states should follow Washington State.
ReplyDeleteThey should to this country wide.