All states should have this program. Arkansas has had this for several years.
Mark Jackson RollinOn _____ From: John S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 7:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: FW: Breaking News: State Gets Fed Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program All those years I worked and payed almost half my gross to insurance. Now when I cant work,, they decide to think about it..hope some people can benefit. john ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:55:59 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Fwd: FW: Breaking News: State Gets Fed Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program _____ It's Tax Time! HYPERLINK "http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001"; \nGet tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. -----Inline Message Follows----- _____ From: Laura Lamb Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:26 AM To: Judy Kobick; Arlene Kaplan; Michelle LawsonBrown; Kristen Morgan Subject: FW: Breaking News: State Gets Fed Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program Special Update, Friday, March 14, 2008, 11:19 am State Gets Federal Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program For Working Disabled Citizens Advocates for the disabled scored a victory Friday when Ohio received word that the federal agency overseeing Medicaid had approved a long-sought buy-in program. Under the program, working disabled citizens pay a premium into the entitlement. The arrangement allows them to keep jobs and make advancements without the threat of exceeding the Medicaid income limits and losing health coverage. Ohio’s plan was enacted last spring with the biennium budget plan (HB 119). It had been the subject of prior legislative proposals, including a separate bill (SB 4) sponsored last year by Sen. Steve Stivers (R-Columbus) Dave Zwyer, director of the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, said the program has been years in the making. “We’ve been working on it in excess of seven years,” he said. Under the program, he said, disabled individuals “can go to work and still have health insurance coverage. That’s the bottom line.” “It just has a ripple effect in terms of people with disabilities going to work or advancing in their careers.” More details are to follow in today’s Gongwer News Service Ohio Report. _____ From: Laura Lamb Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:26 AM To: Judy Kobick; Arlene Kaplan; Michelle LawsonBrown; Kristen Morgan Subject: FW: Breaking News: State Gets Fed Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program Special Update, Friday, March 14, 2008, 11:19 am State Gets Federal Approval For Medicaid Buy-In Program For Working Disabled Citizens Advocates for the disabled scored a victory Friday when Ohio received word that the federal agency overseeing Medicaid had approved a long-sought buy-in program. Under the program, working disabled citizens pay a premium into the entitlement. The arrangement allows them to keep jobs and make advancements without the threat of exceeding the Medicaid income limits and losing health coverage. Ohio’s plan was enacted last spring with the biennium budget plan (HB 119). It had been the subject of prior legislative proposals, including a separate bill (SB 4) sponsored last year by Sen. Steve Stivers (R-Columbus) Dave Zwyer, director of the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, said the program has been years in the making. “We’ve been working on it in excess of seven years,” he said. Under the program, he said, disabled individuals “can go to work and still have health insurance coverage. That’s the bottom line.” “It just has a ripple effect in terms of people with disabilities going to work or advancing in their careers.” More details are to follow in today’s Gongwer News Service Ohio Report. _____ Never miss a thing. HYPERLINK "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs"Make Yahoo your homepage. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 3/14/2008 12:33 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 3/14/2008 12:33 PM
