medicare and medicad question.?

Question

i went to see they said he was private psychartist but before i went to him i was seeing another psychartist the insurance i had at first was just medicaid. they told me i had to find another doctor because i had medicaid. then i went to this other doctor at first they took me for a few months then he charged me a co-pay that i could not afford. then i got medicare and of course i tried to find another doctor the same one i had for 10yrs or longer.do you think the private doctor tried to take advantage of a poor person.of course im disabiled with paranoid schizophrenia.how can you tell if there will be a co-pay or not.can someone explain the medicare medicaid system.

Answer 1

Go see your caseworker. I think medicaid is not allowed to charge a copay. Medicare has copays.

Answer 2

I think you really need to ask your Medicare or Medicaid representative or caseworker. The doctors don't decide about a co-pay, the insurance companies do. It's possible the doctor wasn't aware that you were supposed to pay a co-pay for awhile and when he found out there was a big balance in co-pays that your insurance company didn't pay. I don't think they deliberately tried to take advantage of you becasue you're poor or sick.

Answer 3

Medicare always has a co-pay. For Medicade, it depends on the state. However, if you have medicade, you are allowed to not pay the co-pay. A health provider, at least for prescriptions, cannot deny you a service based on not being able to pay the co-pay.
Your Medicare will pay out first than the medicade.

Answer 4

There is a co pay for medicare. I pay it every time I go to the doctor.

Answer 5

If the private doctor saw you while on medicaid and was not contracted with medicaid, then the doctor can charge you whatever they please.