Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Medicaid vouchers should not be allowed to pay Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks taxis

Medicaid should not be allowed to use in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks taxis main reason recently an Anchorage permit owner and cab driver got his non transferrable handicap permit taken away for excepting medicaid payments for runs to bingo and to the liquor.  I remember when cab drivers would ask this voucher goes from home to liquor store and I would have to deny payment.  Anchorage Police Department would not respond to the taxi as a defraud because they had a form of payment.  I would tell the driver they have to pay or drive them to jail.  Some customer would call and say why did the driver not take my medicaid voucher.  My response would be did the doctor prescribe Jack Daniels as medicine.  Customers says no.  I would ask their full name then the next business day I would call their caseworker guess what next month they would have their benefits cancelled.  You use medicaid do not mess with this dispatcher.  I also used to be a monitor to the Early Screening Program if the customer talk nasty to the cab driver.  I would talk to Ann Comeau the person in charge of the program as morning dispatcher at Alaska Yellow Cab.  If they do it too many times then guess what the member would be off the program.  I banned five people on the program.  If we banned Medicaid from Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks taxis then they would not be able to accept Early Screen Program vouchers either.  In developed cities like Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau the bus system would be great for transport of people.  The only exception would be the exceptionally handicapped then the Anchor Rides program would work in their favor.