This affects Medicaid patients only...BD
In the past month, Johanna McCants has missed two appointments with her foot specialist, a physical therapy session and a trip to the lung doctor. It's all because she couldn't get transportation.
Good Wheels Inc., the nonprofit bus service she uses, recently scaled back its service for Medicaid recipients like the 65-year-old McCants because its director said state funding hasn't kept up with passenger demand, gas prices and insurance.Good Wheels will continue to bus patients managing chronic conditions, such as those needing dialysis, chemotherapy and ongoing rehabilitation therapies. The company provides rides for 100-115 such patients every day. The changes only affect Medicaid recipients, and not those who ride Good Wheels by other means.In all, 28 counties saw patients move into the HMOs and will lose $8.6 million in transportation money. That follows a $1.3 million adjustment made earlier this year.
The News-Press, news-press.com, Local & State, Patients lose rides to doctor
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