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Griffin Daily News
Medicaid, Stamps
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stamps, they receive a bonus
number of coupons according to
their need. An example might
be $43 buying S7B worth of
coupons which can be spent like
money except only to purchase
food items.
“The aim of the program is to
make is possible for families
with low incomes to have better
balanced and more nutrious
diets, which is especially
necessary for proper develop
ment of growing children,”
Miss Foster said.
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conducted by Spalding County
Home Economist Janice
Farmer for food stamp clients.
“Short term food stamps ser
vices are available to families
who would not normally qualify,
but because of unusual hard
ships, such as fire, they are un
able to apply money toward
food in the necessary amounts,”
Miss Foster said.
Caseworkers said that the
goal of the short term food
stamp program was to allow
money which would be spent for
food to be used for medical ex
penses, clothing, and shelter.
ALL YEAR
“At a time when some people
are still trying to live on fat
back, beans, and grits, this pro
gram is acting to show that
people care all year long; not
just a basket of fruit at Christ
mas or one meal a week,” a
caseworker said.
Along side of food stamps
stands Medicaid as one of the
life-saving programs in the
annals of the Department of
Family and Children Services.
“Most people don’t realize
that Medicaid and Medicare are
two completely separate pro
grams,” said Jo Mills, Spalding
County director of the Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services.
MEDICARE
Medicare is a federal pro
gram of medical assistance to
persons over 65 who are re
ceiving Social Security benefits,
whereas, Medicaid is a state
and federal sponsored program
of medical assistance to those
persons who meet certain low
income requirements.
“Under Medicaid families are
receiving medical attention,
many who have never seen a
doctor before, for ailments
which have lingered with them
for many years,” a caseworker
said.
Medicaid will pay for any
thing deemed necessary in the
treatment of an illness in
cluding drugs, special equip
ment, hospital care, nursing
home fees, ambulance service,
and doctor fees.
SAVE LIFE
“We have often had phar
macists call to tell us that be
cause of the Vendor Drug Pro
gram, they have been able to
supply patients with special
drugs which have literly saved
their lives,” said caseworker
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Brenda Goolsby, and (r) case- I
worker Sharon Simpson.
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Some older patients who are
unable to pay that portion of
medical bills which Social
Security’s Medicare will not
pay can qualify for Medicaid
without receiving any other
public assistance grant.
“Because Medicare may only
pay $240 towards the total
monthly cost of nursing home
care which can reach as much
as $350, a person qualifies for
Medicaid and it would pay the
additional $110,” a caseworker
said.
NURSING HOME
Nursing home care is the only
instance in which a person may
receive Medicaid services
without qualifying for some
other type of public assistance.
“Medicaid will not pay for
THE DOCTOR SAYS
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Women Who Take the Pill
Need Periodic Checkups
The relationship of the pill
to clotting and other dis
eases is still a subject of
controversy but doctors are
less fearful that these drugs
will cause clotting, breast
cancer, diabetes, high blood
pressure, and liver or heart
disease than that it will ag
gravate them if they are al
ready present. For this rea
son, any woman who is tak
ing the pill should have a
periodic checkup for early
signs of these diseases. As a
result, women on the pill
may be said to have better
medical supervision than
any other group of persons
except infants.
By and large the great
majority of those who are
taking the pill feel fine. The
Food and Drug Administra
tion reports that the benefits
from using the pill both to
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eyeglasses or dental work
except in the case of cataracts
where the program will buy the
special eyeglasses needed
before and after the operation,”
said caseworker Debbie Aench
bacher.
Eyeglasses for needy persons
are furnished by the Griffin
Lions Club and emergency
dental work is done through the
Spalding County Health Depart
ment’s Dental Clinic.
Medicaid also is responsible
for providing durable medical
equipment such as respitory
machines and artifical limbs.
“Many people’s lives have
been made productive again
because of the benefits of this
program,” a caseworker said.
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By WAYNE G. BRANDSTADT, M.D.
the user and to society as a
whole far outweigh the risks
involved.
Q—l have been taking an
estrogen for the menopause.
Now I hear that the Food
and Drug Administration
warns against this drug,
especially for women with
breast cancer. I have cystic
mastitis but my doctor says
the drug is safe. What do
you think?
A—lt is safe but all wom
en of menopausal age should
have a physical checkup
twice a year.
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