Issue Brief Discusses Medicaid Buy-In Program For Adults With Disabilities, Kaiser Family Foundation Updates Information On 2007 Medicare Prescription

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Also Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy
Article Date: 22 Nov 2006 - 23:00 PDT

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• "How Does the Medicaid Buy-In Program Relate to Other Federal Efforts To Improve Access to Health Coverage for Adults With Disabilities?" Mathematica: The issue brief by researchers Sarah Davis and Henry Ireys examines how the Medicaid Buy-In program -- which allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities whose incomes would otherwise make them ineligible -- compares to other federal programs that promote employment for people with disabilities, such as work-incentive provisions of the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs. The brief also examines large-scale federal demonstration projects that aim to improve access to medical services for certain groups of working-age adults who have disabilities or potentially disabling conditions (Davis/Ireys, "How Does the Medicaid Buy-In Program Relate to Other Federal Efforts To Improve Access to Health Coverage for Adults With Disabilities?" 11/17).
  
  
• Updated data on Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Statehealthfacts.org: Statehealthfacts.org includes updated information on 2007 Medicare prescription drugs plans, including state-by-state totals of the number of available drug plans, plans offering coverage during the so-called "doughnut hole" coverage gap, the number of plans available to low-income beneficiaries and the range of monthly plan premiums. The update also includes state and regional data on the number of insurers offering Medicare Advantage drug plans (Kaiser Family Foundation release, 11/16).

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