Bureaucratic snarls keep kids from health care
October 13th, 2008By Andy Miller in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Pediatricians and children’s health advocates in Georgia say that bureaucratic hurdles are preventing eligible children with disabilities and chronic illness from getting Medicaid benefits. The administrative roadblocks are causing families to feel severe financial and medical consequences, and many children end up in emergency rooms — far more expensive than a doctor visit.
“I’ve had kids with chronic medical conditions go without care,” says Dr. Michelle Zeanah, a Statesboro pediatrician. “Their parents can’t afford the $90 a month for daily medicines.”
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