Organizations Endorsing NACDEP’s Work
National
American Geriatrics Society
American Medical Association
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish Medical Society
Louisiana Geriatrics Society
Louisiana Medical Association
Louisiana Medical Directors Association
Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association
Louisiana State Medical Society
Louisiana State House of Representatives
Louisiana State Senate
New Orleans Branch NAACP
New Orleans City Council
New Orleans Council on Aging
New Orleans Health Department
New Orleans Medical Association
Orleans Parish Medical Society
Rev. Dr. Rudolph Garrison, Sr., Dec., Greater First Pilgrim Baptist Church
Rev. Oliver Duvernay, Dec., Central & Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Churches
St. Bernard Parish Medical Society
“Turning healthcare disparity into healthcare equality while saving healthcare dollars”
NACDEP, the National Coalition for Dually Eligible People, https://nacdep.org
Dually Eligible People with Medicare and Medicaid — At the Center of the Next Debate:
Because of their medical frailty, their social and racial demographics, their great expense, and their expanding growth rate, dually eligible people — “the elderly and disabled poor” — will occupy a central position in the upcoming debates over national healthcare financing and disparities in health care in the 21st century.
Sheldon M Hersh, MD
Louisiana Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003
Excerpts from the Paper
A poverty penalty poor people pay …
“A poverty penalty is the additional money poor people pay to purchase goods or services that wealthier people can purchase without a penalty.”
People of color are disproportionately poorer than white people …
“People of color are disproportionately dually eligible people because they are disproportionately poorer than white people and depend more on Medicaid.”
Access to physician services decreased …
“In Michigan, for example, after crossover payments for dually eligible Medicare patients decreased, access to physician services decreased about 5%, and access to mental health services decreased more than 21%.”
Their medical cost is multiplied by the social cost of being poor.
“Their expense is high because the medical cost of being old or disabled is multiplied by the social cost of being poor.”