Anonymous says:

"This morning's committee meeting reminded me - kids in state custody are
covered by Medicaid, but if the parents have private insurance, they are
required to continue it. Here's the deal, though - they use Medicaid as the
primary payor, not the private insurance. I have a son that has been in
residential treatment for almost 2 1/2 years. He is taken to Medicaid
dentists, Medicaid docs and once when he went to the ER, Medicaid was
billed, not our insurance. You could save a ton of money I bet if you
required DCFS to take children to providers covered by their primary
insurance, with Medicaid as the back-up."

Amy says:

I have worked in the Medical Field for quite sometime and through the years I have seen time and time again people on Welfare/Medicaid that are abusing system and truly do not need the assistance. I have acquaintances that are abusing the system. Every where I turn I see people working this system so when are we finally going to put our foot down and say NO! be responsible for your own life... go get a job! I have actually been told multiple times by acquaintances that they make too much money being on welfare so why would they go work? I agree with others on this site that state illegal aliens are getting assistance, that is also just wrong! On the flip side I know of a single mother who just needed Medicaid temporarily for her children and no other financial assitance and she was denied because she made too much at her job. There is just simply something SO wrong with this entire portion of government. I truly believe it needs to be fully revamped!

Kent D says:

We as a state need to quit allowing the illegal aliens to stay here and get on public assistance our crime rate is through the roof and it is approximately 97% hispanic the majority of which are illegal if we close our borders we save money on public assistance and law enforcement and housing these people in our jails and our prisons I am sick and tired of my tax dollars going to support them and every day I see something in the news about the government welcoming them here why it needs to stop immediately....

Tmoney says:

I get PAID $9/hour to be someone's friend. The state (DSPD) reimburses the nonprofit I work for when I take a guy with retardation to buy his food and do his laundry. But they also pay me to take him to the movies, etc. I also get paid to do virtually nothing with another couple, and a woman who works at Carls Jr. but never needs a "job coach" like me.

tk says:

check Genesis Youth Center have had portable showers for 6 months @ $3000 a month and havent used them for 3 months

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