Medicaid Plan Would Help Disabled Children
A bipartisan bill to provide health coverage for disabled children easily passed a Senate panel.
The proposal, passed by a voice vote in the Senate Finance Committee, would allow families with disabled children to buy into Medicaid while continuing to work. Medicaid is a state-federal health insurance plan for the poor.
Instead of facing a Medicaid cutoff when income reaches about $18,000 for a family of four, the family could earn $45,250 a year and still be able to get Medicaid, with payments on a sliding scale, backers said.
The plan must still go to the full Senate, but it has broad support.
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