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California kids are going without vision care, and the problem is getting worse - Sacramento News & Review

Michael Molamphy said:
great catch. a huge deficiency in the CA vision care for kids. I'll be contacting my state reps.
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The article states that only about 10% of ODs in California accept Medicaid due to low reimbursement rates. One would think that should be a pretty damn strong indicator to state representatives that reimbursements need to be increased dramatically.
 
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Mike Ware OD said:
The article states that only about 10% of ODs in California accept Medicaid due to low reimbursement rates. One would think that should be a pretty damn strong indicator to state representatives that reimbursements need to be increased dramatically.
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After inflation in the last 2 years, we had to raise our payroll at least 20%. We stopped taking medi-cal and our gross and net went up. I wish I had stopped taking it years ago.
They pay $40.00 for an exam and $40 dispensing fee. On top of that at we had at least a 25 to 30% no show per day.
I do not know any one in my area that is still taking medi-cal.
 
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Helfon Hanono said:
After inflation in the last 2 years, we had to raise our payroll at least 20%. We stopped taking medi-cal and our gross and net went up. I wish I had stopped taking it years ago.
They pay $40.00 for an exam and $40 dispensing fee. On top of that at we had at least a 25 to 30% no show per day.
I do not know any one in my area that is still taking medi-cal.
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By the way, 50% of children 0-19 in California are on medi-cal. Very sad the compensation doctors get especially with all the waste and fraud in this state. I wish we had a non bias press. This would be fixed quickly if the public knew what is going on.
 
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