From HHS:
State will be able to get support in moving medicaid beneficiaries out of institutions into their own homes or to community homes. I think living at home will help beneficiaries improve their ADLs ( activity of daily living) which might get them to be less reliant on the medicaid programs. And shared-cost, a practice practice by community homes will reduces medicaid's bill and foster the use of organized care by provider care.
From NPR's morning edition:
A Pennsylvania program that helps low-income adults who do not qualify for medicaid pay for insurance will close due to lack of funds. The funds was originally funded by a tobacco sentiment.
The only alternative available for those affected between now and 2014 is the high risk pool mandated by the new health care law. But since its enactment, enrollment has been slow probably because it is costly and also potential enrollments have to be without insurance for 6 months before they can enrolled. This will not be plausible for the couple featured in the story because it will be difficult for them to pay the $283 monthly fee. In the low-Income adult program, their cost was $36.
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