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<blockquote data-quote="mom_in_training" data-source="post: 153980" data-attributes="member: 2727"><p>"I was flipping through a book about difficult child help today and they had a section on medical insurance. If I understood it correctly, a difficult child wouldn't qualify for medicaid if neither the difficult child or the parent was on disability/SS and if the parent worked (at all). It said this put many families in the position of turning their child over to the state to be placed in foster care so then they would qualify for medicaid."</p><p></p><p>Yep all of its true. The state qualifications for Medicare or Medicaid if you make more then the income limits. In my case the other parent abandoned his children and I am sure he has worked but just working would not qualify a certain family member. At least one parent has to be receiving SS benefits if none are your out. I have no clue as to where the father is let alone if hes still breathing. I just scimmed through a site on American Disabilities and Rights and sadly many elder and young adults are forced out of their own communities and having to go to a care home environment just so they can get everything that they need medically or nutritionally due to not qualifing for Medicare or Medicaid. They find themselves not being able to get the appropriate medical attention while in their own homes because they can't pay the astronomical share of cost (Spend Down). There are many that are forced to purchase their own formula because their Ins, Medicare, Medicaid will not pay until they have met their share of cost. Just spoke to someone today that is in that position. Your talking like $600.00 for a 30 day supply of just formula alone. I'm talking about people that have Gastrostomy feeding tubes that depend on the formula to survive. Its their only way of nutrition period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mom_in_training, post: 153980, member: 2727"] "I was flipping through a book about difficult child help today and they had a section on medical insurance. If I understood it correctly, a difficult child wouldn't qualify for medicaid if neither the difficult child or the parent was on disability/SS and if the parent worked (at all). It said this put many families in the position of turning their child over to the state to be placed in foster care so then they would qualify for medicaid." Yep all of its true. The state qualifications for Medicare or Medicaid if you make more then the income limits. In my case the other parent abandoned his children and I am sure he has worked but just working would not qualify a certain family member. At least one parent has to be receiving SS benefits if none are your out. I have no clue as to where the father is let alone if hes still breathing. I just scimmed through a site on American Disabilities and Rights and sadly many elder and young adults are forced out of their own communities and having to go to a care home environment just so they can get everything that they need medically or nutritionally due to not qualifing for Medicare or Medicaid. They find themselves not being able to get the appropriate medical attention while in their own homes because they can't pay the astronomical share of cost (Spend Down). There are many that are forced to purchase their own formula because their Ins, Medicare, Medicaid will not pay until they have met their share of cost. Just spoke to someone today that is in that position. Your talking like $600.00 for a 30 day supply of just formula alone. I'm talking about people that have Gastrostomy feeding tubes that depend on the formula to survive. Its their only way of nutrition period. [/QUOTE]
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