Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2LJIgu05955; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:18:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:18:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <fc.004c566901d2a05f3b9aca005730eef4.1d2a34b@sad17.k12.me.us> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Betsy Cornwell" <Betsy_Cornwell@sad17.k12.me.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:530] Re: Minorities and Health Care X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 2073 Lines: 53 nifl-fobasics@nifl.gov writes: > >> >> > Thanks for the article. I recently have been working with a woman who has been unable to walk for several months. Her condition does not usually cause such a disability but her Medicaid was terminated about the time her feet started to hurt. Doctors reported to Medicaid that her condition was easily treatable. The Dept. of Human Services decided she didn't need Medicaid because she didn't have a disability. She stopped getting medical treatment because she couldn't pay the bills and now she can't walk. Is she disabled or not? I've been extremely confused because doctors with such good reputations seem to be just brushing her off. Now I understand the dynamics a little better. The doctors would insist that they haven't treated her any differently because of her poor English but they certainly seem to be operating with only half the necessary information. In all fairness I have to say that the Medicaid people have been extremely flexible within their framework. Once they were able to read letters that gave a factual description of what her life was like with this condition, things have suddenly taken a turn for the better. This is another illustration of the close relationship between literacy skills and access to quality medical care. > > >> Minorities in America -- even those with private health insurance -- >receive >> lower-quality care than that given to whites, a pattern so widespread >and >> severe that it contributes to higher death rates and shorter lifespans, >a >> major report released yesterday says. > >I am pasting below the link to the article---it's actually very alarming >and illustrates the tremendous need for continued advocacy for better >access to services for the LEP population in this country. > >To view the entire article, go to >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58893-2002Mar20.html Betsy Cornwell, coordinator West Paris Family Learning Project Agnes Gray School 170 Main St. West Paris ME 04289 (207) 674-2332 betsy_cornwell@sad17.k12.me.us
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Jan 17 2003 - 14:45:53 EST