Medicaid and injured workers

Medicaid has served injured workers who have been denied claims by their employers. More companies are going "self insured" rather than state worker's comp. They can be brutal in their denials using their preferred medical examiners.

Ex. An aerospace company denied claims for many of their workers injured on the job - poisoned by toxic chemicals used for coatings on certain military aircraft. Disabling brain injuries, some in wheelchairs, some died, etc. With the help of chemical industry and DOD, all claims were denied, which left the workers with their only avenue being Social Security Disability. This process took years so they had to go on Medicaid - after spending down any assets they had.
Among these people, their lives dissolved quietly.
This scenario is currently being played out at Hanford Nuclear site where workers have been severely brain injured.