Medicaid Enrollment and Eligibility Changes
CMS has proposed simplifying Medicaid enrollment and increasing the number of people eligible to obtain and maintain coverage. Overall the goal is to streamline applications, verifications, enrollments, and renewals, standardize processes, and reduce red tape. These proposals are a response to the Biden Administration’s January 2021 and April 2022 executive orders to increase access to quality, affordable health coverage […]
Special Needs Planning for Children and Adults
Individuals with learning disabilities, behavioral problems, or physical disabilities are classified as special needs. For example, individuals with autism, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, Down syndrome, dyscalculia, dyslexia, deafness, blindness, and cystic fibrosis fall into the special needs category, as do cleft lips, missing limbs, and more. The US government combines this group into the overall classification of […]
SSDI Applicant Qualifications
As a federal income benefits program, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) helps disabled Americans pay for their basic needs. Generally, benefit recipients can’t work for a year or more due to a prolonged or disabling medical condition. To qualify, you must have already been paying the Social Security payroll tax deduction and earned enough credits […]