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Date: February 06, 2016 08:42PM
I'm hoping that the board community can help me out.
A friend of mine unloaded a bunch of serious problems to me tonight. Although she has a skilled trade, her income is meager and the cost of her Cadillac health insurance (a relic of a prior marriage) is killing her financially. IMO the cost would be unsustainable no matter what, but it runs out in May anyway.
She has serious, chronic medical issues including Lupus. She often pursues exotic medical treatments that at times, again IMO, have bordered on quackery. Her excellent medical insurance has given her push-back on the bills connected to some of these treatments, perhaps understandably so.
She has told me that she is eligible for combined Medicare/Medicaid. From what she has told me, this seems to me to be the only rational financial choice for her. But she has concerns about physicians not accepting Medicaid or not authorizing certain treatments.
If you, or a family member or friend have experience with Medicaid, I'd like to hear about it. Post anon if you need to. I realize that a lot of this is state-dependent (we are in Maryland,) but I am mainly interested in experiences regarding access to health providers and appropriate treatment.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. I would like to help her sort out these issues as best I am able.