NC Senators' Medicaid Privatization Bill - Create HMOS for the Poor
Enter Senators Rand and Jones who introduced a bill that would experiment with privatizing Medicaid in North Carolina:
March 21, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, TO ESTABLISH A PILOT MEDICAID HMO PROGRAM.
A Medicaid HMO is a very bad idea.
The state's managed care approach for Medicaid works very well. We have saved millions of dollars and are delivering better services. Community Care Network of NC is a network of 14 non profit agencies the state contracts with to hook Medicaid recipients up with primary care doctors to so the recipients get regular check ups and ongoing care as needed.
Tell Senator Rand and Senator Jones not to experiment with privatizing Medicaid:
Send them an email, and if you can, give them a call.
Senator Tony Rand (Dem)
Office: 300-C Legislative Office Building
Phone: (919) 733-9892
Email: Tonyr@ncleg.net
Counties Represented: Bladen, CumberlandSenator Ed Jones (Dem)
Office: 623 Legislative Office Building
Phone: (919) 715-3032
Email: Edwardj@ncleg.net
Counties Represented: Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans
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I've Never Had
an HMO. But then again, I've never talked to anyone who has had one that was happy with their service.
I don't want no stinkin' HMO. I'm a certified poor person and it wouldn't do me any good I'm sure.
Having Tricare locks me out of other programs I would otherwise be entitled to. Can't imagine this would be any different.
With so many veterans in this state I hope they stop to think about the Tricare lock out. When these guys get home from Iraq, the ones who will be retired on disability will most likely have Tricare. Their families will be locked out just like I am. Most people do sign up for DEERS.
When I retired, I was an anomoly in the system. Most people my age have children in high school and college - not elementary school. (Except those who have more children than average) You know - the other statistics.
I encourage my friends to call and email. The country is calling to get away from this type of healthcare plan. It doesn't work.
I read a news bit the other day that said Peru was combining their health care. Their military, police, and public health care systems were being combined to serve all the people of Peru.
My thought was: "Peru!?" We can't do any better than Peru? Who are we ahead of in health care? Cuba? Haiti?
Most people don't mind paying their fair share but when the 'fair share' is everything they make in a month. . . well, you can follow that to its logical conclusion.