She received coverage through Florida’s Medicaid program until it abruptly stopped at the end of March, she said.
Jacqueline Saa has a progressive genetic condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own. Florida’s Medicaid program provides her with a home health aide to help her with various everyday tasks — but she said her coverage abruptly stopped at the end of March with little notice. Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job.
Attorneys nationwide say the special needs of disabled people were not prioritized as states began to review eligibility for Medicaid enrollees after a pandemic-era mandate for coverage expired in March 2023. The Florida Department of Children and Families, which verifies eligibility for the state’s Medicaid program, has a specialized team that processes applications for home health services, said
Pellegrin, 58, a sales manager who gets health insurance through her employer, took time off from work to care for Whitaker, 56, who was disabled by a severe brain injury in 2006. The District of Columbia’s Medicaid agency requires that case managers help people with disabilities complete renewals. However, a complaint says, case managers are the only ones who can help enrollees complete eligibility reviews and, sometimes, they don’t do their jobs.developed by Deloitte, a global consulting firm that contracts with about two dozen states to design, implement, or operate automated benefits systems.
The Florida Department of Children and Families would not say how many people with disabilities had lost Medicaid home health services., a nonprofit that helps older and disabled people apply for Medicaid, saw requests for help jump from 58 in March to 146 in April, saidStates are not tracking the numbers, so “the impact is not clear,” Edwards said. “It’s a really complicated struggle.
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