Illinois Issues blog: Cutting some Medicaid services may not create savings

Illinois Issues blog: Cutting some Medicaid services may not create savings.

Click above to read. Be careful of the law of unintended consequences. A dollar saved today may result in higher medical costs tomorrow. Medicaid recipients do not have anywhere else to turn to for medical treatment. Many of them are on SSI or Social Security Disability.

 

Cutting Medicaid drug spending not a simple task – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register

Cutting Medicaid drug spending not a simple task – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register.

Click above to read. No matter what, someone else is going to have to pick up drug costs if they are cut from Medicaid coverage.

 

Biggert blasts Democrats on Medicare scare tactics – The Doings Weekly

Biggert blasts Democrats on Medicare scare tactics – The Doings Weekly.

Lets face it. We are going to have to work together to get out of this mess. It is time to stop the political posturing and fix Social Security and medical coverage. If this does not happen, then there will be no middle class left.

 

Quinn’s proposed $2.7 billion Medicaid cut might be biggest in nation – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register

Quinn's proposed $2.7 billion Medicaid cut might be biggest in nation – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register.

Click above to read. It is hard enough to get medical treatment. More Medicaid cuts will make it worse.

 

Medical Records and Social Security Disability

Your medical records will decide whether or not you win your social security disability case.

That is why it is so important to get medical treatment in your Social Security case. Of course, this is difficult if you do not have insurance or a medical card. Bloomington, Peoria, Champaign and Springfield, Illinois have some free clinics. There are also some mental health facilities in Central Illinois that provide counselors and psychiatrists.

You should treat on a regular basis. This will show your condition is serious.

You should tell your doctor about all your problems so the doctor will record everything in your records.

The medications you take are important. This will be part of your records also.

What the doctor writes in the records is very persuasive to the Administrative Law Judge who will decide your case. So make sure you are clear in what you tell your doctor.

Need more tips? Call SSDI Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

 

Medical Treatment

The bottom line in Social Security Disability cases:  no medical treatment, no win. How do you get treatment in Illinois?

• Private insurance
• Public Aid card
• free or reduced health
• mental health clinicstate programs or limited access to state insurance

Call me for a free information sheet  on medical treatment, or to discuss health providers in Central Illinois. Ask for Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

 

Seizures and Social Security Disability

If you have a history of seizure disorders you can be found disabled by Social Security.

The most important thing is to have your doctors document the seizures. You must tell the doctor about specific times and symptoms.

If you can go the emergency room or hospital you should do so. This will help document the seizures.

You should also keep a record of when you have a seizure, how long it lasts and what happens after the seizure.

Witnesses are also important. They should keep a record of what they observe.

If you have seizures on a consistent basis, they will keep you from working and you should be found disabled. The most important factor is to prove that the seizures are happening and they are interfering with your daily activities.