Re: Anaonymous postings......is there such a thing?

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How can they be anonymous?????Just unsigned....an oversight maybe.

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In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, smootgen@s... wrote:

> Dear RLSJRMWOKS@A...,

>

> Why are your postings anonymous?

>

> Sincerely,

> Genzel ( Genz )

>

> RLSJRMWOKS@A... wrote:

>

> > In reference to the recent Medicaid posting and Dr. Rutledge's

attitude:

> > I read the post too, several times. From my understanding her

insurance

> > denied her the MGB/WLS. Then she was referred to Medicaid.

Medicaid is

> > secondary to her insurance. And besides, what does it matter as

to whether

> > it is Medicaid or not? Should Medicaid, Medicare, and Vocational

Rehab

> > patients not get same treatment as others? Is there something

that would

> > make them less important or less creditable? I have also to

question the

> > fact that Doctor's have a choice as to whether or not to accept

Medicaid

> > patients once they are so far into the process. Why advertise

that you

> > accept them, tell them they are approved, tell them the pay rate

will be

> > accepted, then tell them suddenly at the time of scheduling

surgery, that he

> > has decided not to do them? He plainly states that he would do

the surgery

> > for nothing because of how it helps people and makes them happy.

Why would

> > he say that in clinic in Jan of 2000? Then have the attitude in

May of 2000

> > that Medicaid doesn't pay enough for him. That is very

contradictory, and

> > very disconcerting to me.

> >

> > Let me pose a hypothetical situation:

> > single mother of two, no support from ex-husband who is nowhere

to be found

> > for three years going on four, works in an office, has no

benefits, takes

> > every penny she can to raise her children and keep from being

sucked into

> > nothingness -

> > So, as a last resort, they become Medicaid recipients. Is this

person any

> > less deserving of an MGB than the rest of the group?

> > Are they to be faulted because they went through the MGB process

and

> > requirements understanding that they have Dr. R's approval and

then to get

> > the point of scheduling the surgery, being treated by the office

staff as if

> > a surgery date is within the next two weeks, only to be told

instead that Dr.

> > Rutledge is not going to do anymore Medicaid for 6 to 9 months

because it

> > doesn't pay him enough and he has patients with 'real' insurance

that are

> > more important.

> >

> > I really want to know is this person not as good as the rest of

you? Should

> > their approval go to waste while the good Dr. R tends to his more

important

> > patients with 'real ' insurance? What if Medicaid will not

issue a stay on

> > the approval to hold it, for the length of time that this person

is

> > unimportant or they will not issue a second approval because the

first went

> > unused, and therefore, disproved medical need for the patient?

Where does

> > this person turn to now?

> >

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