[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 19:55:44 -0600
yes the $707 would not be effected , but the medicaid would if this issue went
forward.thus this would hurt us all badly.
Terrie l.arnold
On Feb 21, 2012, at 6:51 PM, "&&& (Ruthie)" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1. In every article available about this issue that I've found on the
web...and there are about four, tI believe three of them mention
specifically that even if this were to go through, Blind Pension would
not be affected as it comes from a separate fund, a small property tax,
I believe the article that you forwarded originally said.
2. If you're talking about PCA's on Share-A-Fare, the funding and
eligibility for that service is not paid for by Medicaid. It is
provided as a stipulation of the ADA. I believe however you may be
speaking of in-home aides. Yes, that service would disappear
unfortunately, but it would not cause unemployment, because not that
many people who are blind receive in-home services provided by Missouri
Medicaid. This is because being blind does not automatically qualify
you, you must have other illnesses or disabilities.
3. I do feel strongly on this issue. I'm not saying that we
shouldn't feel strongly or that we should sit back and do absolutely
nothing. My primary goal is to ease the panic by letting people know
that Governor Jay Nixon already intends to veto this measure, should it
ever come to a vote and pass. Given this information, perhaps the one
we should be contacting is Governor Nixon to give him support, reminding
him of his statement that he does not support this measure and letting
him know that we stand behind him as constituents and citizens of the
great state of Missouri.
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On 2/21/2012 5:48 PM, Terrie Lee wrote:
> 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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