then Medicaid will pay for it. Children would come in with 104 temperatures, and babylon escort Fayetteville if you asked the parent why they didn’t give tylenol or something, they would say that they couldn’t afford it.

I frequently had mothers bring in four kids plus her and one of her boyfriends all to be seen in the ER for colds at about $1,000 per person instead of going to the health department or their assigned doctor. They didn’t care because they didn’t have to pay for it.

I also would ask where they would like a prescription called in. With chain pharmacies costing around $ for the same Rx they could get at Walmart for $4.00 or Publix for free. They would state, “call it into the pharmacy ($150). I have Medicaid.”

If an elderly patient who worked all of their life had come to the hospital more than they were allowed in a month, they were denied Medicare payment. Medicare never helped the elderly, who paid into the system, with their medications. Lees verder →