Dear Medicaid

You suck.

Why? Let me count the myriad ways...

One, you are the payor of last resort,  but alas, when you have a loved one who goes to the emergency room because someone else caused their injury as they were going down the street, you are checked first.

It's especially nice when the injury occurs on the same day as the spend down deduction and you freak out said relative by saying, "Your Medicaid rejected you".

Two, you assume so much.

Three, when in doubt, you cut people off. It's way simpler than finding out what the actual problem is (i.e. a little timely communications re: the changing of spend down payments by $4 also helps) I guess.

That's okay. In the spirit of Christmas, besides assisting said relative in hiring an attorney, I'm just going to hang on the phone lines at your place and remind you of what the state laws really are when you've collected your $150 spend down.

And I'll make sure the nice people in Saint Elsewhere ER and the attorney do, too.

Sincerely not,

RehabRN