A review of Medicaid for-profit HMO industry made by the State legislature with the support but with little input was enrolled rammed the 2.8 million poor of Floridians in the program.
The plan, which is on the move in the direction of the governor's desk, is to expand it nationwide to reform managed care pilot project, which tested Medicaid in several counties.
This initiative is not about improving the Medicaid or even network load balancing the State budget. It is to reward the wealthy health organizations, which contribute to the political campaigns of the legislature.
When I was enrolled in Medicaid reform, I saw the private HMO plans deny necessary medicines for patients, Hunt good doctors of Medicaid and the money given by the State for pocket.
Two years in the Medicaid reform pilot, a study of of pilot from Georgetown University found that access of to medical care was always worse patients and almost half of those surveyed doctors said that "Things were as a result of the reform always worse." Only 8 percent of those surveyed doctors said that the reform pilot had made it better.
Same study about two-thirds of the respondents doctors said the Medicaid reform plans "A patient prevents that get needed drugs."
Doctors and hospitals to. Florida Council for behavioral healthcare reports that provider, they as much as 50 percent of their revenue of Medicaid in the counties of Medicaid lost reform, particularly on service boundaries had the respondents claimed the private plans for non-payment. "The current Medicaid reform model does not work," said the Council in January.
Also, the Pacific health policy group, in a report to the Parliament in the last year has shown that such traditional managed care models "needs work not for people with serious mental illness, or for those long term with other chronic diseases due to their larger health care". Also a lack cited these reports on data, a cost-benefit analysis of Medicaid reform managed care plans adequately assess.
The jammed nor our lawmakers, despite warnings from some of their colleagues, through expansion of the pilot program for the rest of the State. This is sure more lives to destroy and cause that great misery among the most vulnerable Floridians without any evidence that it save the State money.
Amy Silverman
Delray Beach
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