Medicaid

Well, we have had our little one for 2 months now. The state requires that they have a medical and dental check up within the first 30 days. Sounds easy enough...only the Medicaid number they furnish you with the day they drop them off doesn't work for about 2 months, and the only reason it does start to work is because you have to stay on them daily.

We received a letter from the Family Health and Protective Services that said that it had come to their attention that we had failed to get her needed checkups done. She did have a medical check up 5 days after coming to us, only because our pediatrician was nice enough to take her as a medicaid patient since our other 3 three children go there. Of course our dentist doesn't take medicaid, so I was on a hunt to find a dentist that does. Not a lot of them do, and the ones that the social worker had said did, no longer did. Guess they weren't too happy with the way Medicaid is ran either. I mean it makes no since to me that this is a Government ran program and they expect me to follow the rules, but they don't have to... so there for the Dr's and Dentist's that have it in their hearts to see people who are on Medicaid and help out those less fortunate are punished and don't get the pay that comes to them.

I finally found a dentist that takes Medicaid, but guess what part of town it was in? I made her an appointment no familiar with the part of town it was in. Of course, I home school our older three children, so I take her to the appointment with all 4 kids in tow. It was scary. I mean, I have been to state clinics before for TB tests, but I never would take my children with me. In the waiting room it was packed. People were on their cell phones and I think it must have been a long distance phone call, because the lady was having to yell at the person on the other end. Her 2 very small children kept going outside and she didn't even care. Not only was there a parking lot with people driving past, it was a very scary part of town. I don't know maybe I am over protective, but I love my kids and wouldn't want anything to happen to them. In the other corner of the room there was a small TV on that had some dysfunctional talk show on it where people were revealing their "darkest secrets". That's always family friendly! After filling out all the paper work, the lady calls me back up to the counter to let me know that her Medicaid card was still inactive...you're kidding me? We leave to the comfort to our Suburban with the doors locked.

After finally getting the Medicaid card up and running, I called that same day and got her into the dentist, this time leaving my other three with my parents. He looked at her and felt like she had a cavity...at 21 months...so he referred us to a dentist in Colleyville, Dr. Gober, that had a very nice office and staff. We will be going back to Dr. Gober's office from now on, unless he backs out of the Medicaid.