medicaid patients, who are not taking any medicaid patients. there s a reason for that. if we re honest with ourselves, we would be asking the question why. well, if that s the case that one in three don t treat medicaid, you have to ask yourself, is that because medicaid reimbursements are so low? and since provider reimbursements are set at a state level, won t cutting federal funding and hitting states with higher costs only lead to lower provider rates? and how many doctors would actually treat former medicaid beneficiaries when they no longer have any coverage or ability to pay? so even if there s only one of three, there s still two of three that are providing the services. imagine if you don t have coverage, which goes to my next question. you have advocated to, in essence, block grant medicaid. the essence of medicaid is an entitlement, which under the law it means, if i meet these ci
physicians who should be seeing medicaid patients who are not taking any medicaid patients. there is a reason for that. if we are honest with ourselves we would be asking the question, why? if that s the case that one in three don t treat medicaid, you have to ask yourself, is because medicaid reimbursements are so low? and since provider reimbursements are set at a state level, won t cutting federal funding and hitting states with higher costs only lead to lower provider rates? and how many doctors would actually treat former medicaid beneficiaries when they no longer have any coverage or ability to pay? so even if there is only 1 of 3, there are still 2 of 3 that are providing the services, imagine if you don t have coverage, which goes to my next question. you have advocated to in essence block grant medicaid. the essence of medicaid is entitlement, which of the law means if i meet these criteria my have the right to have that