FW: Important: New Law Signed

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From the American Hospitals Association e-newsletter:

1) New law helps disabled stay on Medicare when they work

President Clinton today signed into law today a bill that will keep

providing government-funded health coverage to disabled Americans when they

get a job. The vast majority of America's 9 million disabled adults now

don't return to the work force because the paychecks would wipe out their

eligibility for vital Medicare and Medicaid benefits. The so-called Ticket

to Work act signed today extends the time current Social Security Disability

Income recipients can get Medicaid coverage after they go to work. It also

expands state options to provide Medicaid to workers with disabilities.

I'll be happy to find out further details if anyone is interested - how long

the benefits can continue, etc. Just email me privately. This should be

very helpful for the folks in the dwarf community (among many others) who

aren't working because they might lose their disability if they get a job.

Hemly