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The reason I asked is because this reads as an indictment of government waste, when actually it was a private company which paid (and presumably selected) trans
by debatem1 7y ago
The reason I asked is because this reads as an indictment of government waste, when actually it was a private company which paid (and presumably selected) transportation vendors.
Interestingly, Arizona seems to have recently changed the rules around that to allow Lyft to service these customers. Personally I find the idea of financing transport for Medicaid patients on the back of IPO funny money a darkly humorous take on the capital gains tax.
- taxicabjesus 7y agoMy original comment was how the health care system is used to put people to work. It's not really waste, it's a ham-fisted approach to the jobs problem. One of the passengers I stay in touch with now has a United Health Care [UHC] AHCCCS (Medicaid) plan. They have their primary transportation provider, but if they don't show up she can call UHC and they'll send her trip to Lyft. It's probably cheaper for UHC to use their primary transportation provider. Lyft provides flexibility and a backup way to get people where they need to go.