subrob1967
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You will have to link me up with a source for all that. Medicaid in some states is not open to anyone who doesnt have small children. Thankfully, I dont live in one of those states.
And what do they consider low cost?
Here's the cost chart for Healthy Indiana Plan
Indiana Medicaid programs
Thanks for the info.
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The HIP plan covers individuals who do not live with a dependent child, and parents who earn up to approximately $44,000 annually for a family of four, have been uninsured for six months and do not have access to insurance through their employer. HIP may require you to pay a small monthly fee based on the amount of your income. HIP does not cover vision, dental or maternity services.
Thats similar to the one here in PA....
And, its what I thought. Even that program has a waiting list.
http://www.in.gov/fssa/hip/files/WaitListFAQs.pdf
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Some lawmakers are questioning why the state is still spending time and tax money accepting and processing applications for a health care program with a waiting list of 52,000 people.
All eight lawmakers on the Medicaid Oversight Committee on Monday expressed their support for legislation that addresses concerns about the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, which is paid for with cigarette tax money, 6News' Kara Kenney reported.
In March, Gov. Mitch Daniels announced suspension of enrollments for childless adults in light of national health care reform.
But since then, some lawmakers claim the state has been running the program inefficiently and misleading taxpayers, including transferring $5 million intended for health insurance for needy families into the general fund to help balance the budget.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/25508014/detail.html
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Beginning August 1, 2011, batches of letters will be sent over the next few months to 8,000 Hoosiers already on the childless adult Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) waitlist; letters will go out to those who have been on the waitlist the longest. These individuals will be asked to reapply and their application reviewed to confirm eligibility. Once confirmed, the applicant will receive HIP membership. Anyone not returning a new application within 45 days, or anyone that no longer meets the eligibility requirements, will be taken off the waitlist and that slot will be added to the next batch of current waitlist mailings. If you are a childless adult who has previously applied for HIP and one of the 8,000, you will receive a letter in the mail sometime after August 1st. If you receive a letter, be sure to follow the instructions and return the completed application with supporting documents within 45 days.
http://www.in.gov/fssa/hip/2418.htm
I get what you are saying, rob.... but there are a large number of people in every state who are not covered. To be honest, the original amount of 26,000, to me, is too low.
The federal government limits the state to 34,000 adults with no children, there are 52000 on the waiting list, and 17000 already approved.
So if you take 52000, and subtract the 34000 the program allows for, that leaves 18000 people waiting.
I don't see where you got your 26000 figure.
Again, the federal government limits the program to 34000 adults, not the state. Then there is the matter of funding the program, this like every government program in existence. It has a budget, and once the money runs out, they have to wait for the next fiscal year. So even if there wasn't a capacity cap in place, the state doesn't have the budget to provide for the 18000 people who will be on the list.
And to make it clear to everyone, tazzy and I are talking about adults without children, and not families, or children covered by the Healthy Indiana Plan.
If you're saying the federal government program doesn't cover enough people, we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think they should have any input on how a state runs it's health care for the citizens. We disagree on the powers invested in the federal government, especially those of a social nature, and we disagree that a federal single payer system is what this country needs.
Now if you want to discuss single payer plans per state, hey I'm all for it. I believe that each state should have the right to self determination. I have no problem with 50 individual state plans, my beef is with the centralized control of the program. The Fed doesn't have the right to run a nation wide health care plan... According to the constitution, or the federalist papers.
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