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Daddy and the Bean

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:32:21 -0700

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Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:42:08 -0700

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Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:09:06 -0700

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Not Satisfied with Dismantling Middle Class Jobs, America Start Dismantling your Children

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:33:00 -0700

Medicaid kids denied medical care, says study

Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage, according to an undercover study that had researchers pose as parents of sick kids seeking an appointment with a specialist.

Snubbed even by specialists whose offices supposedly accept public insurance patients, these kids also had to wait much longer to see a doctor. Low Medicaid reimbursements are the likely reason, the study authors said.

Kids with government insurance wait longer for some care

Sick children covered by Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) must wait twice as long as youngsters with private insurance to get an appointment with a specialist -- if they can get an appointment at all, according to a new study of a few hundred specialty clinics in Illinois.

Although past research has shown a disparity in care between people covered by public and private health insurance, this is the first to take a comprehensive look at specialty care in children, said coauthor Dr. Karin Rhodes of the University of Pennsylvania.

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