Thread: Holes in the safety net: Medicaid falls short......

Holes in the safety net: Medicaid falls short just as some need it most
By Tom Curry and JoNel Aleccia

(ie. we need to fix Medicaid so illegal immigrants have better access to service).


Antonia Mejorado, 33, of Goshen, Ind., has to drive two hours to reach a specialist willing to accept Medicaid and treat her 2-year-old daughter, Ashley Soto.

updated 7:42 a.m. CT, Mon., July. 27, 2009
GOSHEN, Ind.—

For weeks now, 2-year-old Ashley Soto's hair has been falling out in clumps and bunches.

Doctors at the Maple City Health Care Center, a neighborhood clinic where the toddler's family receives most care, couldn’t diagnose the problem. The child needed to see a specialist, but no local dermatologist would agree to accept Medicaid, the government’s safety net plan. Instead, Antonia Mejorado, 33, has to drive nearly two hours to see a dermatologist willing to treat her daughter's potentially serious illness.

“There is not a doctor around here that takes Medicaid,â€

Would have been nice if they chose an American family for the article instead of illegal parents and an anchor baby. The article implies, if not outright states, that this family will benefit from the health plan, not just the child but the entire family.

Americans are also frustrated with Medicaid and Medicare. Let's not add millions of illegals to the mix.

Last year fraud in Medicare and Medicad came in at an estimated 750 Billion (and that was the low, low number).

Congressmen Henry Waxman from CA - is the head of the committee that is suppose to stop Medicare and Medicad fraud by investingating it and putting into place proceedures to stop it.

He has never had a hearing or done any investigation into this fraud.

Where is the Republican Party on this issue?
Why haven't they gone after Waxman for his poor performance?

Waxman is as bad as ACORN - but no one exposes him.