Comments on: Florida Medicaid Plan: Fewer Choices, HMO-like Plans

By: Medicaid Covered

Medicaid Covered — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:53:21 +0000

@SW : Why do you want to get rid of Medicaid? Most jobs are part time and don’t carry insurance, or they if they do, you have to shell out couple hundred dollars just to have coverage but no money to see a dr. or get medicine. Oh, and places won’t help you get meds cause you have the insurance. Might as well be uninsured!

By: Kathleen Wilks

Kathleen Wilks — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:14:02 +0000

When 60% of the Florida Medicaid budget goes to the elderly for care mostly in nursing homes we will have a real problem if they don’t wake up. Most medicaid patients have no choice now when it comes to care because it pays so little few providers are available. When my neighbor broke his foot it took three weeks to get him in to an orthopedic physician and then another 3 weeks before they could operate an put the screws and plates in. Medicaid is no great health plan as it sits.
But lets pay HMO’s to really screw the poor even more and put bigger bucks in their pockets. Great, very smart. Give the program to those who can really make a profit.

We now pay the lowest federal taxes ever, people who think they pay so much ought to go back in time and think about the percentage you paid in 1989.

By: Medical Veteran

Medical Veteran — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:25:34 +0000

I laugh at people who say eliminate Medicaid and let low income persons pay for their own healthcare. What a fool believes. Not only Welfare reciepients use Medicaid. Most Elderly patients rely on Medicaid or Medicaid subsidies for their healthcare as well. Do you suggest that an 70 to 90 year old work like everyone else as well? Medicaid not only pays for their medical bills but nursing home stays. I have been in the medical field for almost ten years and the state of Florida has cut benefits for this program time and time again. It used to be that if a person fell and broke a hip they were guaranteed 90 to 120 days rehabilitation care. Now they’re lucky if they get 30 days. It is getting ridiculous. And don’t let me get started on what Rick Scott has planned for the Medicaid program. Let’s start thinking outside the box instead of pointing the finger. I would rather pay more taxes and help the sick and frail than have deaths become more frequent because of no medical care for them. Health care reform is going to be a must in the coming ages.

By: SW

SW — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:24:03 +0000

Let’s just eliminate Medicaid. As a matter of fact, why don’t they begin to eliminate every department or program that isn’t tied to real government functions. We can begin with the state and work our way up to the federal government.

I, for one, am tired of my tax dollar funding every type of program that government officials can dream up to buy votes. We taxpayers can’t afford it any more. There’s more money going out than is coming in. Don’t take the federal money, either! Funds aren’t unlimited.

How about people get jobs that have benefits or fund their own medical expenses? What a novel idea!

Heaven forbid we take care of ourselves and let charities help those who legitimately need it.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:58:29 +0000

Decisions must be made on all care or there will be little care. Did you ever look at the side effect of psycotrophics. Too many kids take them in place of parents stepping up, not all, but too many. The american way is to look for a pill to fix things. Well, it is not working and we are out of money.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:39:42 +0000

I read the article twice and didn’t see anything about making children normal by keeping them drugged. Seems to be an oxymoronic statement but I’m not on psychotropic drugs.
The article is about the politics of taking care of people who didn’t plan ahead.
Start planning for life without tax funded assistance. It’s getting closer.

By: Concerned parent

Concerned parent — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:31:55 +0000

“Creating restrictions on the use of psychotropic drugs for children”, don’t these kids need all the help they can get? How are they ever supposed to become “normal” and productive members of society if they can’t have the medications they need? This is insane.