Tag: Medicaid

Vigorously Insisting On A More Perfect Union: Fighting Cuts, Demanding Universal Health Care

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Vigorously Insisting On A More Perfect Union: Fighting Cuts, Demanding Universal Health Care I Take On Health Care Policy Once Again It has almost become a spring ritual for me. President Bush submits a new budget to Congress, unabashedly filled with loathsome cuts to the lifeline of the poor and disabled (Medicaid) to finance more … Continue reading “Vigorously Insisting On A More Perfect Union: Fighting Cuts, Demanding Universal Health Care”

What Is Medicaid? What Are Waivers?

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What Is Medicaid? What Are Waivers? A Medicaid Policy Wonk Explains Medicaid stuff is my specialty. While I’m a political junkie who tries to glean deep knowledge of American political ideas on all sides on nearly every issue and the philosophies that underpin them, and, while in a year of intense study, I’ve gained a great … Continue reading “What Is Medicaid? What Are Waivers?”

Money Following The Person Out Of Institutions "Not Feasible," Says Alabama Medicaid

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Money Following The Person Out Of Institutions “Not Feasible,” Says Alabama Medicaid They Still Won’t Give An Inch To Free Citizens From Nursing Homes I just watched the Alabama Medicaid commissioner Carol Herrmann spinning and tap-dancing around the Money Follows the Person grant issue on the For The Record show. Alabama Medicaid continues to stick … Continue reading “Money Following The Person Out Of Institutions "Not Feasible," Says Alabama Medicaid”

Amid Protests, Alabama Medicaid Still Refuses Federal Grant

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Amid Protests, Alabama Medicaid Still Refuses Federal Grant Officials Won’t Budge On Anything Affecting Nursing Home Industry As I reported in my recent editorial on the subject, our government is circling the wagons to protect their nursing home boondoggle while those who want to receive care at home are left out in the cold. This … Continue reading “Amid Protests, Alabama Medicaid Still Refuses Federal Grant”

How Disability Activists Won New Federal Medicaid Grant

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Background On Money Follows The Person Rebalancing Project Today, I spoke at Independent Living Center of Mobile about my new editorial on the federal Medicaid rebalancing grant and how our Governor is opposing it. But how did advocates get the feds to finally launch such a project to begin with? A new NPR report by … Continue reading “How Disability Activists Won New Federal Medicaid Grant”

Governor Riley Refuses New Fed. Funding For Disabled, Advocates To Rally

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A Mobile Register Letter to the Editor I’m Nick Dupree. Some of you may remember me from my public battle to stop Alabama Medicaid from ending nursing care for people on life support when they turned 21, a battle I won and received a flurry of media attention for three years ago, in the Register … Continue reading “Governor Riley Refuses New Fed. Funding For Disabled, Advocates To Rally”