Bidding on wheelchairs may ultimately hurt those that need them most.

by Andrew Morris and Peggy Hathaway
On Wednesday April 23 the United States House voted 349 to 62 to put a moratorium on seven harmful Medicaid regulations that would have had severe impacts for people with disabilities. The harmful rules cannot go into effect until April 2009 – which gives time for a new […]

Do you ever wonder how your federal tax dollars are spent? The Center on Budget and Public Policy Priorities has put out a new paper explaining how federal taxes are spent. The paper outlines how the government spent $2.7 trillion dollars in 2007. To read the paper click here.

There is hope that Congress will soon take action to block Medicaid rules that are likely to harm people with disabilities. A bill called Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 (HR 5613) is moving in the House, led by John Dingell, the Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. We hope […]

Have you been receiving a subsidy (extra money) to help pay for prescription drugs under Medicare? If you want to continue receiving this subsidy, you were supposed to have filed information with the Social Security Administration (SSA). If you did not do so, SSA should have recently sent you “SSA Medicare Prescription Drug […]

Last week the House and Senate members introduced legislation that would allow parents or guardians of people with disabilities to establish a trust fund that would be exempt from Medicaid law so they can still use Medicaid and have access to other money. The legislation also makes contributions tax free up to a certain […]

People with disabilities will avoid some health care cuts if the House and Senate agree with what the House Budget Committee passed on March 6 for next year (FY 2009, beginning October 1, 2008). The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently passed some rules that cut off many people with disabilities from […]

Delay is the deadliest form of denial. Many people with severe disabilities apply for Social Security disability benefits, but they have to wait 2 to 3 years for a decision. During that time, without these benefits, people often lose their homes, go without needed medical care, and even die. About 750,000 people are on the […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) recently issued new regulations for Targeted Case Management, which is a Medicaid program.
What is Targeted Case Management?
Targeted Case Management (TCM) is a Medicaid funded program that helps states to pay for services to unique groups of individuals who have higher than normal costs for case management. […]