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Where does Medicaid and SSI come in? I've spent 6 hours reading and researching and I've figured out the timeline and basics. I know the objective is to have every American insured by 2014. (You don't have to do the math, that's FOUR years away.)
According to analysis of the bill, Medicaid would be turned into a "true" program for the poor, rather than just covering about half the poor, mostly because of the way the eligibility rules differ from state to state.
The good news is: Everybody who is above Medicaid eligibility level becomes able to buy insurance through exchanges. Every state is authorized to set up an exchange. The states will get money from the federal government to set them up. But states are not obliged to do it. And they can defer to the federal government, which will also set up a multistate exchange. (Which threatens to be a mess.)
Subsidies will be available to people on a sliding scale. For example, those with the lowest incomes will only have to pay 2% of their income for a premium. The rest will be picked up by the subsidy.
But what if you have no income? What if you depend upon SSI? What happens then? And how to you find out? (Trust me, I Googled for hours.)
For the new Health Care Bill timeline, you can go to: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/23/health.care.timeline/index.html
For other details, you can go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june10/health2_03-23.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000846-503544.html
They're all very helpful, but I don't think the details have addressed the truly poor and needy. Or if they plan to, I guess it needs to be ironed out. I sure hope something more definite is in the works.
Any revelations?
According to analysis of the bill, Medicaid would be turned into a "true" program for the poor, rather than just covering about half the poor, mostly because of the way the eligibility rules differ from state to state.
The good news is: Everybody who is above Medicaid eligibility level becomes able to buy insurance through exchanges. Every state is authorized to set up an exchange. The states will get money from the federal government to set them up. But states are not obliged to do it. And they can defer to the federal government, which will also set up a multistate exchange. (Which threatens to be a mess.)
Subsidies will be available to people on a sliding scale. For example, those with the lowest incomes will only have to pay 2% of their income for a premium. The rest will be picked up by the subsidy.
But what if you have no income? What if you depend upon SSI? What happens then? And how to you find out? (Trust me, I Googled for hours.)
For the new Health Care Bill timeline, you can go to: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/23/health.care.timeline/index.html
For other details, you can go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june10/health2_03-23.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000846-503544.html
They're all very helpful, but I don't think the details have addressed the truly poor and needy. Or if they plan to, I guess it needs to be ironed out. I sure hope something more definite is in the works.
Any revelations?