A Hospital Reboots Medicaid To Give Better Care For Less Money [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 8/5/1412:00 PM

Carmen Smith remembers the day about a year ago when she gained Medicaid coverage.

"It was like Christmas Day, it was like getting a gift from Santa Claus!" she says. "People don't realize how important and how special it is to have insurance to be able to go see a doctor on a regular basis when you have an illness like mine."

Smith, 44, has Type 2 diabetes. Before qualifying for Medicaid coverage, she was what policy experts call a "frequent flier." She had used the emergency room at MetroHealth, the public hospital in Cleveland, five times in one year.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah Jane Tribble, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/08/05/336317359/a-hospital-reboots-medicaid-to-give-better-care-for-less-money]

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