Family caregivers in Georgia should be allowed to receive Medicaid and State reimbursement funds for their work.

Urging management of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) to promote safe paitent to medical provider staffing in its hospitals. To listen to the needs and concerns of medical professionals employed by them. So that paitents get the most value out of there stay. To reduce medical errors some which could be life threatening. To promote a safe enviroment for communitys to receive medical care.

The 3+ yr-old law requiring a 3rd party intermediary (Logisticare) for booking medical transport is nothing short of chaotic--even life-threatening--madness for Medicaid patients: An hr on phone, no guarantee of transportation (regardless of need),late or missed appts, side entrance trucks sent instead of requested rear entrance trucks, stretcher vans instead of wheelchair vans, left stranded at appt. site because wrong van sent for return trip and would not send another because "..it's too late and we require a min. 48-hr request..", etc., etc., etc. Scheduling medical appts through Logisticare has done nothing but cause mass confusion for everyone. IT DOES NOT WORK!!!

Delaware does not submit your medical expenses to Medicare. Only physicians or healthcare facilities may do that.

An increase in funds allocated to these institutions will help treat more peoples afflicted. With our nation becoming more aware of mental illnesses and how they affect the society as a whole, we need to insure our peoples of South Dakota have every opportunity available to them for treatments, and keep the avenues open that are already in place. We need to address this issue and do all in our power now rather than later. So we implore you to delegate as much money as possible to the Mental Wellness Centers in South Dakota. From the small towns to the largest cities in South Dakota, they can really use your help. When both of us experienced mental health illnesses beyond our control, wellness centers helped us to get better. Now we work to support those centers, and one of us co-facilitates a mental illness support group. With our nation becoming more aware of mental illnesses and how they affect society as a whole, we need to ensure people of South Dakota have every opportunity available to them for treatment and keep the avenues open that are already in place.

Healthcare should be handled only by Medicare. Keep out the insurance companies! They pay any amount that the doctor or hospital asks for, no mater how obscene. All they do is raise the premiums! We live in, what is considered a depressed area, all the HMOs have moved out, since they cannot make enough profit here! I belong to Anthem Blue Cross but I cannot find a doctor here. All I get is a 5 minute "visit" and an enormous bill!

Universal Health Care

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My working family members need preventative health care. Insurance companies have set the deductibles so high that we cannot afford preventative care or life saving surgery. We do not qualify for the free clinic services because we are UNDERinsured and not UNinsured. None of my working family members are old enough for Medicare. We need to put a cap on the dollar amount that health insurance companies can ask for annual deductibles when it comes to preventative care and life saving surgery.

Unless Georgia Medicaid is expanded to include most of the half million plus uninsured Georgians, many of our small, rural hospitals will continue to be at risk for bankruptcy. The Indigent Care Fund is inadequate for current needs. Federal funding is available to provide 100% reimbursement to Georgia for Medicaid expansion for the next three years, and 90% until 2022. Why should Georgia lose this opportunity to enable its residents to obtain the health care they need at an affordable cost?

Medicare benefits, which I worked for, are less acceped t han Medicaid benefits, which pay for 100% for kids and mothers, that never worked to pay taxes as I have. I get 20% bill for everything..making my credit score, because of illness...below 250. Needs to change or a low supplementary benefit that we can afford on fixed income.

As a state run entity, Citizens should be run as a non profit, instead of a greedy corporation trying to suck every dollar out of its customers.