Healthcare Coverage

Many leave public meeting frustrated over Medicaid confusion

Published in Law and Health Weekly, July 17th, 2004

Jeff Caler drove from Petal, Mississippi, to Jackson hoping to get specific answers about how people can cope when they lose Medicaid coverage.

After sitting through more than 2 hours of presentations by officials from Medicaid, Medicare and state Department of Human Services, Caler said he wasn't satisfied.

"It was a lot of sidestepping, a lot of smoke and mirrors," said Caler, who works for Faith in Action, a group that helps the needy and elderly get social services.

More than 300 people packed an auditorium at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum to hear about prescription drug coverage that people can apply for...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2004-07-17)

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