Woman continues fight against Missouri Medicaid ambulance provider

[pstokely]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/17387665/woman-continues-fight-against-state-ambulance-provd

"Parker is a dialysis patient receiving overnight treatment three times a week. Last November she was hospitalized twice after missing two dialysis appointments through no fault of her own.

Parker, 60, is a participant in both the Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs. Parker cannot drive because of recent back surgery. As a result, a company paid by the state's Missouri Medicaid program, MoHealth Net, picks her up and is supposed to take her to dialysis treatments.

But in November, Parker's ride started showing up late, and twice just before Thanksgiving her driver simply didn't show up at her Kansas City home.

She said the missed appointments caused her potassium level to drop. After each missed appointment, she became critically ill and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance."

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. Privatize everything! What could possibly go wrong?

[pstokely]

2. Ambulance company probably got a no-bid contract during the Baby Blunt admin (nt)

nt