Medicaid Enrollment

Millions enrolling into Medicaid, now what? By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn, June 26, 2014, Cincinnati Enquirer: “In the coming days Charles McClinon will learn whether he’s a candidate for a potentially lifesaving surgery, a procedure the 50-year-old epileptic says is finally an option for him thanks to expanded Medicaid benefits in Ohio. ‘I’m so hopeful now,’ said the Roselawn resident, who four years ago suffered a serious fall during a seizure that sent him to the emergency room and then into the spiral of medical morass that eventually cost him his job, health insurance and Chicago home. ‘I had always been a very highly functional person living with epilepsy, but after the fall, my seizures had gotten so bad, I just didn’t have the strength and awareness to fight,’ said McClinon. Across the U.S., millions of Americans are tapping into newly available Medicaid benefits. Some, like McClinon, say the coverage offers the chance . . .”