By abby jean on 2 August, 2010
I ran across a situation recently that required me to figure out how the Medi-Cal program – California’s implementation of the Medicaid program, which provides government-funded health insurance to low-income people – handles people who have received transplants. What was happening was so illogical and ill-conceived that I was astounded to find out that it [...]
Posted in activism, justice, policy, politics, poverty | Tagged Medi-Cal, Medicaid, transplants
By s.e. smith on 25 December, 2009
While doing some unrelated research for work recently, I happened upon some information about Medicaid transportation services in Oregon which I found rather fascinating. And also rather annoying. Medicaid will, it turns out, pay for medical transportation for appointments covered by Medicaid (of course, this assumes that “transportation” can take any number of forms, including [...]
Posted in accessibility, class issues, policy, politics | Tagged Medicaid, social services
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