Comments on: States fear cuts in Medicaid eligibility, benefits http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/30/states-medicaid-23259/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Willis http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/30/states-medicaid-23259/comment-page-1/#comment-4855 Aaron Willis Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:05:26 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=23259#comment-4855 States won't spend any more money because of higher Medicaid enrollment because they will simply recoup money from providers! I am a Medicaid provider in KY and it's a sad mess. The State has just about bankrupted and put my agency out of business. We provide wonderful supports to those we serve with MR/DD. However, the State "creates" unbelievable ways to recoup our hard earned reimbursements. Thus...the state makes cuts by recouping from providers. As a result, KY is going to slowly loose many GOOD providers. And guess where the clients will end up? Back in institutions! So sad really. I can leave the business and chalk it up to failure, move on, and survive. But...what happens to the lives of those I currently serve? It doesn't work out as well for them. But the state couldn't care less! Thank you for your hard work! States won’t spend any more money because of higher Medicaid enrollment because they will simply recoup money from providers! I am a Medicaid provider in KY and it’s a sad mess. The State has just about bankrupted and put my agency out of business. We provide wonderful supports to those we serve with MR/DD. However, the State “creates” unbelievable ways to recoup our hard earned reimbursements. Thus…the state makes cuts by recouping from providers. As a result, KY is going to slowly loose many GOOD providers. And guess where the clients will end up? Back in institutions! So sad really. I can leave the business and chalk it up to failure, move on, and survive. But…what happens to the lives of those I currently serve? It doesn’t work out as well for them. But the state couldn’t care less!

Thank you for your hard work!

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