Stavros has been working with DPC to solve a severe problem with the Medicaid guidelines. That is the Asset Recovery Program. As you may have heard once a Medicaid consumer turns 55 Medicaid starts counting the money it has spent to keep you in the community.
Fellow consumers! You probably heard a lot about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). It’s meant to be a new way of tracking the coming and going of PCAs during their time working with PCA and MFP consumers.
Good news – the House Ways and Means increased the Alternative Housing Voucher Program. Please reach out to Representative Decker and Chair Michlewitz for their great support.
One would think getting a wheelchair repaired is simple.
Well, it starts out simple enough with the request to your vendor. That’s the beginning of the bureaucratic rabbit hole..
Stavros, The Disability Policy Consortium (DPC, BCIL, and MetroWest Independent Living Center continue to advocate for H 1246. This bill protects the homeownership for people on Medicaid and CommonHealth.
A group of housing advocates has been working on the Asset Recovery Program for quite a while. I’m writing to bring you up to speed. I, and the rest of the advocates working on this, want to start by thanking all of you who reached out to their state representatives and senators in support of both bills