[real-eyes] Re: mo medicaid for the blind: Nixon says no
- From: Terrie Lee <terrieiphone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:48:22 -0600
ok Ruthie
do you get Blind pension, well if you do and this comes to pass you would have
to pay for your meds, a twemty percent copay, , if you have a PCA they would
be gone as well. you moved here from Iowa as they do not haveblind pension.
i am not picking you , but this would make a big differance in alot of peoples
lives.Many would end up in a nursing home, , the $707 that we get , well this
would be gone in a heart beat ,and i think others would be in the same
situation.
i moved here to Mo. andi did not know about blind pension.i was not on Medicare
, ssdi, ,i was working when i moved from Il. to here.
if you and Steve could survive with out medicaid , well go for it. as you say
it is nothing to worry about, this would cause all the places that provid PCAs
to let them go. thus this will cause more unemployment in the state.
they want to take this money and put it tward higher edcuation, if they would
drop some of the tax credits that large companys get they would not have to cut
a darn thing.
so we do have a big problem with this , and we can not stand by and let this
happen.
i am sure others on this may feel the same way, i just feel strongly on this
issue.
Terrie l.arnold
On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:13 PM, "&&& (Ruthie)" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Are we worrying over nothing? Our society as a whole runs on
sensationalism and fear...is this issue an example?
The text below is from:
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=605202
Gov. Nixon Denounces Proposed Social Services Cuts
By: Tim Sampson, Missouri News Horizon
Updated: February 17, 2012
(Jefferson City, MO) -- A Missouri House of Representatives plan to
maintain stable higher education funding by cutting more than $65
million from the state's
Department of Social Services did not go over well with the governor.
The plan, approved by a House appropriations committee on Thursday,
would include a $28 million cut from a Medicaid program benefiting the
blind and a $12
million funding decrease to child care subsidies for low-income families.
During a press conference in the state capitol on Friday, Nixon said
that these programs were too vital to the quality of life for
Missourians for them
to be placed on the chopping block.
"Cutting healthcare for the blind, prenatal care for women, services for
people with developmental disabilities and child care for low-income
families is
not the way to balance Missouri's budget," Nixon said.
But the proposal from House Republicans comes in response to Nixon's own
proposed cuts to higher education. During his State of the State Address
last month,
Nixon proposed cutting $106 million, roughly 12.5 percent, from
Missouri's two-year and four-year public colleges.
Nixon has since proposed reducing those cuts by $40 million with funds
awarded to the state in the recent nationwide mortgage lender
settlement. Combined
with the House appropriations committee's proposed social services cuts,
this would allow the state to maintain level funding for higher
education, which
saw its budget already cut last year by 5 percent.
The proposed social services cuts now head to the House budget
committee. Missouri is currently grappling with an estimated $500
million shortfall.
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