Medicaid Has a Backlog? Let’s Expand It!
Friday, August 1st, 2008 By Marc KilmerThe Columbus Dispatch reports:
State regulators have failed to eliminate by today, as promised, the backlog of requests from Medicaid patients for wheelchairs and other medical supplies.
But the problem isn’t as bad as it was.
There were fewer cases pending yesterday than on July 20 when The Dispatch detailed the 16,000-case backlog and hardship it had created for a teenager with cerebral palsy who had been waiting two years for a new wheelchair.
Keep this backlog in mind when you hear Governor Strickland pushing to expand eligibility in the program. Medicaid can’t serve those who are already enrolled in it. Is it really a good idea to stretch its resources (i.e., your tax money) even further?
Tags: Health care, Spending, Strickland
