Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi members, I was wondering if any of you in the Texas area could give me some information. My family lives in Nebraska and our daughter with mito is on a Medicaid Waiver that picks up what our health insurance does not cover and it also covers equipment costs. My husband has an opportunity with his company to be transferred to McKinney or Plano Texas. Can anyone give me any info. on the state of Texas regarding requirements for their Medicaid/Waiver programs. If anyone could give me a name and a phone number of a worker to contact that would be even better. I recently returned from a visit in that area and just wanted to say how nice I found it. Thanks for any information you can provide me with. Regards, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 www.txstars.net A Texas website where you can fill out a form and see if you qualify for any programs. Medicaid- The ARC of Texas 1- Could probably put you in touch with a case worker in the Plano area/here is the web site for the Dallas area: www.arcdallas.org Texas Respite Resource Network Medically Dependent Children's Program 1- Hope these help!mitocure2002 wrote: Hi members, I was wondering if any of you in the Texas area could give me some information. My family lives in Nebraska and our daughter with mito is on a Medicaid Waiver that picks up what our health insurance does not cover and it also covers equipment costs. My husband has an opportunity with his company to be transferred to McKinney or Plano Texas. Can anyone give me any info. on the state of Texas regarding requirements for their Medicaid/Waiver programs. If anyone could give me a name and a phone number of a worker to contact that would be even better. I recently returned from a visit in that area and just wanted to say how nice I found it. Thanks for any information you can provide me with.Regards,KimPlease contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." MLK Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi Kim :-) We'd love to have you down here!! Unfortunatly, unless you qualify financially for SSI and get medicaid that way, you've got a long long wait to get on the medicaid waivers we have here. There are actually two of them but there is a 7-10 year waiting list for them. We've been on the wait list for almost 3 years now and are still more than 6,000 people down on the list. There are several programs that can help a little with costs, but cover no where near the amount that Medicaid will pick up. We're dying financially here at the moment because of this very reason. :-( Sorry to not have good news in this!! I am, for the first time ever, really wishing we could move to another state JUST to get the medicaid coverage and have some hope of stabilizing financially. -- BIG hugs, Kass, proud mom to Chance(11-Mito), Madison(8-Mito), and Abby(7-Mito) "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Unknown mitocure2002 wrote: Hi members, I was wondering if any of you in the Texas area could give me some information. My family lives in Nebraska and our daughter with mito is on a Medicaid Waiver that picks up what our health insurance does not cover and it also covers equipment costs. My husband has an opportunity with his company to be transferred to McKinney or Plano Texas. Can anyone give me any info. on the state of Texas regarding requirements for their Medicaid/Waiver programs. If anyone could give me a name and a phone number of a worker to contact that would be even better. I recently returned from a visit in that area and just wanted to say how nice I found it. Thanks for any information you can provide me with. Regards, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi Kass, > Sorry to not have good news in this!! I am, for the first time ever, > really wishing we could move to another state JUST to get the medicaid > coverage and have some hope of stabilizing financially. I'm afraid you can cross Indiana off the list of candidates. We've got a 7+ year waiting list, too, with things likely to get worse because our state is so broke. The Medicaid budget is really taking a hit here. We're lucky enough to have waivers for the girls, but we're expecting cuts in services and holding our breath. , mom to Emilie, 18, mito & cp Kaitlin, 18, cp & asthma Ian, 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi :-) I hate hearing there are other states out there in as bad a shape as ours in this respect!!! I'll be praying the cuts in services are manageable and not too deep. Thanks for letting me know Indiana is not an option.....I really do think about making a move at times!! -- BIG hugs, Kass, proud mom to Chance(11-Mito), Madison(8-Mito), and Abby(7-Mito) "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Unknown "31528@..." wrote: Hi Kass, > Sorry to not have good news in this!! I am, for the first time ever, > really wishing we could move to another state JUST to get the medicaid > coverage and have some hope of stabilizing financially. I'm afraid you can cross Indiana off the list of candidates. We've got a 7+ year waiting list, too, with things likely to get worse because our state is so broke. The Medicaid budget is really taking a hit here. We're lucky enough to have waivers for the girls, but we're expecting cuts in services and holding our breath. , mom to Emilie, 18, mito & cp Kaitlin, 18, cp & asthma Ian, 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Kass, Thanks for your kind words. Thanks for letting me know Indiana is not > an option.....I really do think about making a move at times!! We've thought about moving, but for other reasons--lack of jobs and wanting to be closer to good medical care. But we've always felt like we couldn't because we might not get the girls on services in other states. Plus, if we ever wanted to move back, the girls would go to the bottom of the waiting list here. It drives me crazy that Medicaid isn't consistent from state to state and that you can't transfer your eligibility and benefits if you move. , mom to Emilie, 18, cp & mito Kaitlin, 18, cp & asthma Ian, 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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