Senate Proceeding on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 1:11:25 to 1:13:30
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1:11:22 to 1:11:43( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: to georgia if these kinds of costs are added to the budget? mr. isakson: i'll tell you a little story that happened in the month of august that is indicative of what's going to happen in medicaid services if you have the presentation. eu

1:11:25 to 1:13:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Johnny Isakson

1:11:44 to 1:12:05( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: in speech at the law enforcement training center and decided to go into the local sandwich shop and have a sandwich and say hello. i had greeted people and said hell hroefplt there were about ten in the room -- hello. there were about ten in the presume. when i came back, seat for me and said senator, we're going to have a town hall meeting.

1:12:06 to 1:12:26( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: i sat down, started eating my sandwich, and they started talking to me about their concerns. one gentleman at the end of the table towards the end of the meeting said senator, i want to tell you a story. i'm a pediatric ophthalmologist. he said i'm the last pediatric ophthalmologist that takes medicaid patients.

1:12:27 to 1:12:48( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: i want to tell you what's happening because of the pressure on he said i have a child right now that has a condition where if it's not addressed, will go blind. there is a medicine, it iser expensive, but it can restore the cornea and the lens and help that child to be able to see. but we've submitted it times to medicaid, and they

1:12:49 to 1:13:11( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: won't pay it. it's the only drug. there's not an option. there is not a generic substitution. it's one of the breakug whrauf already going on -- what you have already g health care in our entitlement programs, but in particular in medicaid, is you try and manage the expense by lessening the

1:13:12 to 1:13:31( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: amount the unintended consequence is youose physicians. then the ones who finally are doing it, you start seeing what they submit as a treatment not being approved for reimbursement. the unintended consequence of putting even more pressure on the medicaid system is put more pressure to ration