The current laws and guild lines were set up to asset those during hardship, disabilities, and those on lower less-advantaged incomes.  Instead, these guide lines and processing procedures are currently discriminating and sabotaging those that need it.  The law needs to change to reflect the times, i.e. so that those that are needy, will not go homeless or suffer additional hardships due to its long processing methods. This needs to be changed as soon as possible.

There are Five distinct parts to the current problem: Which must be changed.

MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY PROCESSING IN SHARE OF COST:  If someone is eligible for Medicaid, especially those on a month to month plan, it can become impossible to get the covered medications and doctor appointment needed on a timely basis.  Please change these laws and guild lines so that should someone be eligible, it shows such during there WHOLE eligibility time within the computer system.  Without doing so, it creates hardships and in addition, the process creates overflow of paperwork and time within your own staff.  That if there is a share of cost, that whether a person has meet such share of cost, this be listed separately. By doing so, These people on such benefits  will be allowed medication and doctor appointments, showing receipts that they have meet this share of cost to you and or to the doctors itself, or through other means, through computer or telephone customer service entry personal.  People now have to wait up to 10 days before coverage shows in the computer. This currently is sabotaging those who have meet share of cost, by not showing eligibility for 10 business days while they are being entered into the computer, they cannot get what they are eligible for during this time.  When this happens in the middle of the month, they aurally are losing up to 10 days of coverage.  That is too much time lost of benefits on a month to month share of cost.  The current laws are not realistic for those that might need medical care during half the month, on a share of cost due to its long processing.

PROVIDED DOCTORS: If someone needs a specialist, or dentist, it is getting to hard to find doctors that accept Medicaid. Too many doctors change over and are dripping out of the system with Medicaid.  The guild lines must change to work with these doctors more so that there are dentist and specialist in different fields within an area range for medically needy VS those in the system area on such plans.  Changes must be made to keep the doctor you have in place, and so that there will be more different fields of specialist available to those that need them.

DENTISTRY: There is currently no dental coverage for those in need as an adult. It was taken out of the program this past year.  Please return this along with preventive care for such.  Basic and preventive dentistry is needed for those on low income and those that are medical needy. Periodontal is needed for those with any form of health risk. Without it, many additional health conditions can arise from those with health problems.

When writing each of these new Bills, please factor the additional assistance for single head of households, awaiting disability into the equation.

I am writing to you regarding the process of Periodontal Disease.

There is not enough current laws concerning periodontal disease. Not enough information is given out to patients from their doctors.  This disease creates additional health risk factors untreated. In addition, more education needs to be enforced in the dental practice.  That such condition is medically necessary.

There are two distinct parts to the current problem: Which must be changed.

As my state representative, I ask that you make Periodontal Disease Patient's Bill of Rights one of your concerns.  When writing this new Bill please factor in at least a 50% limitation in coverage for such into the equation.