Archive for the 'Medicaid' Category

Saundra Gumerove Testifies at NY Senate Finance Committee on Governor’s Budget Cuts

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

LINK TO SAUNDRA GUMEROVE’S TESTIMONY:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFxHr_ktZg

Nursing Home Patient Can Contribute Income to a Special Needs Trust for a Disabled Child

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

A Nassau County Court has upheld the right of a parent on Medicaid in a nursing home to place his or her own income into a pooled trust for the benefit of a disabled child with NO transfer penalty. In the Matter of Anthony F. Correri, Index No. 017372/04 (Sup. Ct. Nass. […]

Proposed Medicaid Cuts Adversely Affect the Disabled

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Medicaid Cuts will be devestating to people with disabilities. Many of the programs that the Disabled participate in (community residences, residential habilitation, respite, etc.) are funded with Medicaid dollars.
I am extremely alarmed with the Bush Administration?s budget proposal for Medicaid. I believe it will prove devastating to people with mental retardation and other […]