All of the Time, Every Time with Medicaid

Monday 10/12 - 8 hours on medicaid related meetings, phone calls, and forms. Progress = ZERO

Tuesday 10/13 - 6 hours  on medicaid related meetings, phone calls, and forms. Progress = 1 form mailed.

Wednesday 10/14 - 2 hours.
Progress = Medicaid canceled Urodynamics test. Ordered by Neurosurgeon. Scheduled July 27, 2000 for test date of October 20th. Have waited 2 months for this test and Medicaid canceled it a week out. Shame on you, Mr. Levine. Shame.

Thursday 10/14 - 7 hours.
Progress = 1 Board Certified Internist Appointment as directed by Neurosurgeon @ 11am
bus to and from hospital
blazing sun
90+ degrees F
strength sapped while waiting for bus [10 minutes @ 1 end and 55 minutes on the return].
serious difficulty walking - Pretzel Legs.
major pain
very frank and honest discussion with Primary Care Physician, who wrote 6 Rx's.

Note: Pharmacy could not fill 1 of these because I currently have an 11 day supply. The number of treatment days provided by the prescription, generally 30 days, must pass before medicaid  will pick up the cost of a refill. Generally makes sense.


NOTE II -

Pharmacy could not fill a 2nd because medicaid "is requiring pre-approval." Pharmacy will manage faxes and other requirements, then notify me when prescription is ready for pickup.

PROBLEM =This  means a second bus trip on another day, just to pick up 1 prescription for medicine I have been taking monthly since late 2007, and has never needed Medicaid's 'pre-approval' before now. Second non-budgeted round trip cost $2.20. Won't be able to get there now until Sunday at the earliest because, as is usual, I am experiencing volatile lower bowel distress and will be a shut-in for 2 days while recovering from today's activities. Bear in mind also, that this 2nd trip for an issue that should have been resolved by today's series of events will result in more bodily distress and a 2 day layup because of that activity. 6 days of T-O-R-T-U-R-E accomplishing what should have been accomplished today.  Thank you Mr. Levine. I wonder what the total cost of that prescription ends up being after tying up all these professionals because of bureaucratic nonsense? Wasting [stealing] the taxpayers $$$, Mr. Levine. Any thoughts you'd like to share?

This is representative of most days on Medicaid. The incentive to remove myself from the dole is great. My goal is to get well enough to say thanks to Medicaid, and move on, providing for myself once again.

Mr. Levine and this bureaucratic nonsense is not helping. Shame, shame, shame...

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