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S.K.
Ervin: People With Disabilities Left Out Of Health Care Debate
(Progressive.org)
September 28, 2009
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS– [Excerpt] There is one huge constituency being left out of the health care discussion: Americans with disabilities.
Many Americans who require the daily assistance of others to live in our homes and communities must turn to Medicaid for help covering the cost of that care.
But first we usually have to impoverish ourselves just to become eligible. Then we may well find that Medicaid will pay for the assistance we need only if we enter a nursing home. Medicaid rules require states to pay for nursing home care but not for more humane community alternatives.
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People with disabilities left out of health care debate
http://www.progressive.org/mpervin091809.html
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