Question

Directions :
Describe your initial thoughts regarding physicians’ ability to deny medical care to Medicaid patients.
Do you believe all facilities and providers should be required to accept Medicaid recipients? Explain your answer. Make sure Word count is approximately 150. I made some revisions Please let me know how I can improve this thank you.

My initial thoughts regarding physicians’ ability to deny medical care to Medicaid patients is that I can see both points of view. A physician’s ability to deny medical care to Medicaid patients is not right because it is a source of health coverage. If an individual needs care, why does it matter which coverage is being used? But at the same time, I feel that the physician should not be forced to accept a patient. My thought is that if they are forced to care for the individuals will they treat them badly, in turn, giving all involved an unpleasant experience. Additionally, Medicaid’s reimbursement rates are low. Medicaid pays about 61% of what Medicare reimburses, the payment rate does vary from state to state. I can picture how this could be an awful situation for some areas.



I am not sure how to add this information. I want to include the moral obligation that physicians have to serve patients having Medicaid. There are physicians that will take Medicaid.

Do you believe all facilities and providers should be required to accept Medicaid recipients? I am not sure how to answer this. Maybe there is a way for facilities and providers to be a little more open without it being a finical burden to them

Answer 1

In your first sentence, you need wording that is less vague than "both points of view." In that phrase, you're referring to ideas that come later in the paragraph -- however, those points need to refer to ideas that came BEFORE, not after.

I don't know how you can answer the second question, unless your previous paragraph answers it, in a way. But this question requires a definite answer, not a vague "I can see it both ways."