This is how I feel about Medicaid. I was working on an article about it and came across yours. I finally qualify for Medicaid now that my state changed the guidelines a couple months ago (after years of fighting it), but I'm still paying for insurance. Medicaid has long waits everywhere and is notorious for its crappy care. I have had Medicaid in the past due to being out of work from a brain injury, and it was awful. I was thankful to have it, but it sucked.