The budget enacts critical measures to ensure that Medicaid dollars follow Medicaid patients and the providers that serve them. These steps will distribute more than $600 million based on services to Medicaid patients, more than $ 100 million of which go to hospitals in every region of the state serving the largest numbers of Medicaid patients. The implementation of a Preferred Drug Program, similar to that already operating for Medicaid, will be accelerated to January 1, 2008 for EPIC. To ensure Medicaid and EPIC recipients receive the appropriate drugs they need, the Budget maintains the POP provision that a physician's decision prevails. EPIC seniors will be enrolled in Medicare Part D, as long as enrollment does not affect their access to the drugs they need, and they will be protec...
MY father, a Gary, Ind., schoolteacher, often lamented that a hungry or sick child cannot learn. As I grew up, I realized he meant that a society's ability to provide its youth with access to essentials such as clean water, food, shelter, security, health care and education is an investment in the country's future well-being. A child nurtured to develop his or her potential is more likely to thrive and contribute to society as an adult. Similarly, an adult who is sick and unable to afford health care cannot support himself, his family or contribute to his community. Whenever the president and Congress make decisions on spending, they are choosing investment priorities for our country and affecting the potential of more than 300 million citizens. Currently, about 47 million have no healt...
Mark was diagnosed with malignant Wilms tumors in his kidneys when he was just 11 months old. Fortunately, he and his older brother were covered by SCHIP when his condition was originally diagnosed. But it was the beginning of a long and difficult journey for his single mother, Deanna, who was forced to quit her job to take care of Mark full-time. In October 2006, Deanna discovered that Mark had been eligible for Medicaid since April 2006, so she set out to enroll him in the Medicaid program-a process that turned into a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal. For three weeks, Deanna spent three days a week for four hours at a time at the Department of Jobs and Family Services, bringing her ill child along each time. It then took six months of waiting, but Mark was finally approved for Medic...
Although [Mark]'s cancer is now in remission, he is in end-stage renal failure after losing both kidneys and is on dialysis for ten hours each day. Because his appetite is very poor, he needs Suplena, a special nutritional shake made for dialysis patients. These shakes are the only nourishment standing between this 21-month-old and a feeding tube. Suplena is covered under Medicaid and BCMH, but Mark's mother is still waiting for the paperwork to be processed. In the meantime, she has to pay out of pocket for the expensive supplements. This is a particular hardship because the family lives on the $627 per month that Mark receives from Supplemental Security Income, a federal program designed to help disabled people. Not only is Suplena expensive, but it's difficult to get the supplements....
In New Jersey we have a large number of people who get their insurance through their employers," she said. "We don't want to undermine that system because we don't want to have more people without insurance. To make sure we have shared responsibility, if an employer does not provide quality, comprehensive coverage that's affordable for their employees, [employers] would participate in a pool that would help fund the public option. Health Care for America Now's effort is being funded by organizations including MoveOn.org, the National Education Association and The Atlantic Philanthropies Inc. In the Garden State, groups backing Health Care for America Now include Health Professional and Allied Employees, an Emerson-based union of registered nurses and health care professionals, and New...
All New Jersey residents would be required to have health insurance over the next three years under a plan unveiled Monday in Trenton. If the plan is approved, New Jersey will become the fourth state in the nation with a universal health care law, said state Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, the prime sponsor. The plan could cost the state up to $400 million.
WASHINGTON, April 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A diverse array of religious leaders are encouraging faith organizations and congregations throughout the United States to learn more about why 45 million Americans have no health care coverage, as well as to speak out for the goal of health care coverage for all Americans. Interfaith activities are being planned before, during, and after Cover the Uninsured Week, to be held May 1 to May 8, in communities nationwide. Representatives of the Southern Baptist Convention, National Council of Churches, the United Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Islamic Society of North America, the Salvation Army, and six other religious organizations are part of an interfaith advisory board that is spearheading the effort. Th...
After years of complaining about the high cost of providing employee health care, New Jersey business leaders are guardedly optimistic that some relief could be near. Several leaders said a government plan outlined Monday that aims to create a health system that will provide coverage for all state residents appeared to offer some benefit to businesses although it is too early to say how much.
MY father, a Gary, Ind., schoolteacher, often lamented that a hungry or sick child cannot learn. As I grew up, I realized he meant that a society's ability to provide its youth with access to essentials such as clean water, food, shelter, security, health care and education is an investment in the country's future well-being. A child nurtured to develop his or her potential is more likely to thrive and contribute to society as an adult. Similarly, an adult who is sick and unable to afford health care cannot support himself, his family or contribute to his community. Whenever the president and Congress make decisions on spending, they are choosing investment priorities for our country and affecting the potential of more than 300 million citizens. Currently, about 47 million have no healt...
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