[Tall-Corn] Iowa Medicaid

[McKewen, Keri K]

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> On Sep 23, 2021, at 7:51 PM, Wade Hemmelrick via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Nice auto reply from the DRI fan page. Alas, it's a start as I have
> used the online intake form. Resorted to copying and pasting my info
> via email as the online form kept showing error messages no matter how
> correct I was. Below is the auto response. Food for thought as we hope
> for other Iowans to "crawl out of the woodwork" to help get a similar
> mass case in motion similar to Indiana.
> 
> Disability Rights Iowa
> Hello, thank you so much for contacting us with your concerns. We
> understand the importance of accessible communications and we are
> looking more into the situation in Indiana. If there are individuals
> in Iowa experiencing this please have them contact our intake
> specialist by calling 515-278-2502 or filling out our online form at:
> https://disabilityrightsiowa.org/contact-disability-rights-iowa/let-us-help/.
> These individuals will help us determine if Iowa has a similar
> systemic issue as this Indiana lawsuit.
> 
>> On 9/21/21, Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Scott, for your reply. Valerie, from the National Office,
>> shared this article and also wants to learn of other blind Iowans in a
>> similar predicament.--Wade
>> 
>>> On 9/21/21, Scott Van Gorp via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Thanks Wade. I have been hearing of other stories in Iowa, so this is
>>> something we're definitely interested in looking at. Let me look at this
>>> article for context and check a couple of other things too and we'll see
>>> where this takes us.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Scott Van Gorp, President
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
>>> Phone: 515-720-5282
>>> Email
>>> Website
>>> Facebook
>>> Twitter
>>> Live the life you want.
>>> 
>>> The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members
>>> and
>>> friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every
>>> day
>>> we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wade
>>> Hemmelrick
>>> via Tall-Corn
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 7:22 PM
>>> To: NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] Iowa Medicaid
>>> 
>>> Here is the story from Indiana.--Wade
>>> https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/blind-hoosiers-file-lawsuit-against-indi
>>> ana-division-family-resources.
>>> 
>>> On 9/20/21, Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Curious to learn if other blind Iowans are also having similar issues
>>>> with our state Medicaid programs. Long story short: Accessibility and
>>>> privacy are severely lacking if I choose to read my own important
>>>> forms, news, and so forth in Braille. Not to sound hateful or bigoted
>>>> here, but if these documents can be translated into Spanish or other
>>>> foreign languages, the same outa hold true with Braille for blind
>>>> citizens. Won't elaborate more except already received advice from our
>>>> Iowa library and the National Office to contact the Iowa Disability
>>>> Rights entity and to find out if other blind Iowans are also
>>>> experiencing similar troubles. Also was given the article of a case
>>>> from Indiana. Cheers!--Wade Hemmelrick
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/15/21, Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Would appreciate any feedback on your experiences as blind Iowans
>>>>> dealing with Iowa Medicaid. Did you have issues in accessible
>>>>> information and or working with Iowa DHS staff?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wade
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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