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Your Child's Doctor Now Has to Have an Accessible Exam Table and Wheelchair-Accessible Scale
A federal rule now requires providers that take Medicare or Medicaid to have accessible exam tables and scales. How families can use it.
News > Advocacy
Kansas Won Federal Approval for 500 Disability Waiver Slots That Open October 1
...waiting for a Medicaid waiver slot, and the typical wait runs close to nine years. On July 9, Governor Laura Kelly announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved a second waiver designed to shorten that line. It opens with 500 slots on October 1. The Community Supports Waiver...
Legal > Government Benefits
25 States Sue to Block Medicaid's New Work Requirements Rule for Disabled Adults
...Washington, D.C. filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts last week, asking a judge to throw out parts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' interim final rule on work requirements. The rule stays in effect while the case proceeds. What the States Are Challenging....
Financial > Government Benefits
When SSI and SSDI Benefits Can Run at the Same Time
...together. That advice leaves money on the table for a meaningful share of applicants. Roughly a third of the 12.9 million people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid through disability are collecting SSDI and SSI at the same time, not one or the other. If you've spent an afternoon on hold with Social...
News > Advocacy
Medicaid Work Rules Are Forcing States to Rebuild Their Systems. Here's What Disability Families Should Know Before Coverage Terminations Begin.
The June 1 regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were supposed to give states the clarity they needed. Instead, health policy experts and state officials say the new rules deviated...
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...passed and were disenrolled anyway. Roughly 800 have filed appeals. Some are pursuing legal action. This is not a Minnesota story. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ordered all 50 states to run the same revalidation process. Minnesota went first. Your state is next. Who Was Affected....
Legal > Government Benefits
Six States Won't Accept Self-Attestation for the Medicaid Disability Work Exemption. Here's What Families in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, and Utah Need to Do.
...have a disability but don't receive SSI, SSDI, or Medicare, you can't simply tell your state Medicaid agency...Security Disability Insurance) Are not enrolled in Medicare If you receive SSI, SSDI, or Medicare, you're...enrolled in Medicare If you receive SSI, SSDI, or Medicare, you're automatically exempt from Medicaid work...
Career > Finding Jobs
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance: Benefits Counseling Before Returning to Work
...your benefits if you take it? For people who receive SSI or SSDI, that question isn't hypothetical worry. Your monthly cash benefit, your Medicaid or Medicare coverage, your prescription drug access: all of it runs through formulas that change when you earn wages. Get the calculation wrong and you can lose...
Career > Finding Jobs
Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment
...SSI or SSDI, you've likely avoided job opportunities because trying to work feels like gambling with your healthcare and income stability. Losing Medicare or Medicaid coverage while testing whether you can sustain employment is a risk most people can't afford. The Ticket to Work program exists to change...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...modifications like ramps or bathroom grab bars. Prices have climbed sharply since 2019. Power wheelchairs are up 51% due to tariff-related component costs. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates lag 19 months behind actual costs, which means manufacturers and suppliers can't rely on government insurance alone....
Parenting > Adulthood
When Your Child Grows Up & Out of Special Ed
...school. I was unrealistic. I hope I can give other parents ideas on what to do and/or expect for supported work services, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare for such children. After I applied for him, the nearest NPO did not agree to give my son supported work services. Yet, I had done paperwork...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicare vs Medicaid for Children with Disabilities: Which Coverage Does Your Child Receive
...the second paragraph it mentions healthcare coverage, but it doesn't explain which program you're enrolled in or what it covers. You've heard both Medicare and Medicaid mentioned by other parents, and you're not sure which one applies to your family. The answer depends entirely on which disability benefit...