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Document ID: CMS-2008-0033-0002
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Received Date: March 17 2008, at 09:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: May 16 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: March 17 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 16 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 803facdf
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Medicare Program; Application of Certain Appeals Provisions to the Medicare Prescription Drug Appeals Process

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Please do not allow transportation as an option for Medicaid. Patient's in rural areas would miss non-emergency medical appointments that over time would most likely result in emergencey room overflow in our hospitals. This would not be cost effective for States because they would have recipients incurring more medical expenses that could possibly be prevented by maintaining out-patient medical appointments. This could far exceed the less costly choice of providing transportation. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to respond to this important matter.