[Nfbmo] KC Star Weighs in

Thu Mar 22 11:45:13 UTC 2012

Well Gene knows a great deal more about this, but it has always been my 
understanding that your spouse could work, but you had all other 
requirements.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] KC Star Weighs in


> hi,
>
> are you sure about that?
> that line is in the statute and there is one case with that exact 
> situation several people are aware of and both have significant income.
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Debbie Wunder
>  To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:11 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] KC Star Weighs in
>
>
>  Yes, I think you are right, it was very good! The only real thing I saw
>  wrong was that the blind person could not have a sighted working spouse.
>
>  Debbie
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Gene Coulter" <escoulter at centurytel.net>
>  To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:33 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] KC Star Weighs in
>
>
>  >I really like this article = we need more like it.
>  >
>  >
>  > From: Gary Wunder
>  > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:52 PM
>  > To: nfbmo list
>  > Subject: [Nfbmo] KC Star Weighs in
>  >
>  > I was interviewed briefly this morning. I think this reporter 
> understands
>  > that the House leadership has not fully disclosed both what they know 
> and
>  > what they don't care to know.
>  >
>  > Gary
>  >
>  > s ago Missouri House budget is cruel and deceptive
>  > Barb Shelly Barb Shelly
>  > The Kansas City Star
>  > Republicans in the Missouri House should be utterly ashamed of the 
> budget
>  > they passed late Tuesday, and the process they used to get there.
>  > The $24 billion spending plan, which requires a final House vote before
>  > going to the Senate, strips $28 million from a health care program used 
> by
>  > 2,800 blind Missourians whose income is too high to meet the state's 
> very
>  > low threshold for Medicaid coverage.
>  > The House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Republican Ryan Silvey 
> of
>  > Kansas City, North, ended the decades-long health care program without
>  > giving recipients the courtesy of a hearing, or bothering to find out 
> who
>  > these people are and why they need health care. Instead, defenders of 
> the
>  > atrocious move throw out red herrings.
>  > In theory, someone could have a job with a high salary and still 
> qualify
>  > for
>  > the health care program, they say. In theory, that's sort of right. All
>  > the
>  > state requires is that recipients' assets don't exceed $20,000, and 
> that
>  > they don't have spouses who are sighted and work.
>  > In reality, though, a blind person with a good-paying job and health
>  > benefits almost certainly isn't drawing from the state health-care
>  > program.
>  > The state requires that private insurance be used as the primary source 
> of
>  > care.
>  > And most of the 2,800 recipients aren't so lucky. Missouri's blind
>  > population has a 70 percent unemployment rate. Its health care needs 
> are
>  > expensive and acute. Many of the people on the state's health care plan
>  > for
>  > the blind have diabetes. Some need dialysis or expensive organ
>  > anti-rejection medication. Many need medication for glaucoma.
>  > They are in dire need of regular medical care and their chances of 
> being
>  > ensured on the individual market with these expensive pre-existing
>  > conditions are just about zero. Ironically, the same GOP lawmakers who
>  > want
>  > to throw blind Missourians over the cliff are the same ones who
>  > ceaselessly
>  > oppose "Obamacare," which is the best hope for people with low incomes
>  > and/or pre-existing conditions to gain affordable, market-based health
>  > care.
>  > Should the unbelievable occur and the 2,800 blind recipients actually 
> lose
>  > their health care, many would likely find their way to Missouri's
>  > high-risk
>  > insurance pool, meaning the state would continue to fund their health
>  > care,
>  > but through another channel.
>  > Here's another red herring the Republicans are using: It's unfair to 
> give
>  > the blind a health-care benefit that people with other disabilities 
> don't
>  > get.
>  > People with disabilities would be the first to tell you that they are a
>  > diverse community, and cannot be lumped into one basket. And the state
>  > responds to their needs in different ways. The developmentally disabled
>  > and
>  > severely physically disabled are eligible for Medicaid waivers and
>  > services,
>  > for instance.
>  > I would challenge Silvey, or House Speaker Steve Tilley or any 
> Republican
>  > to
>  > tell us who exactly are "the disabled," and explain why it's OK to cut 
> off
>  > aid for people with one incapacitating disability because everyone with
>  > disabilities isn't receiving the same thing.
>  > Silvey says it's necessary to cut aid to the blind because he refuses 
> to
>  > cut
>  > any more money from the state's colleges and universities, as Gov. Jay
>  > Nixon's budget recommends. But neither he nor any of the House GOP 
> leaders
>  > have mentioned the obvious: That if you're taking health care from the
>  > blind
>  > to fund universities, it's time to look for new sources of revenue.
>  > GOP leaders have in common with the Missourians they would cast into 
> the
>  > cold a lack of vision. The difference is that theirs stems from the 
> head
>  > and
>  > heart.
>  >
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