Welfare rollbacks hit Medicaid and aid groups in Sullivan County
Sullivan County Social Services Commissioner Robert B. Travis said new state legislation will save taxpayers but slash Medicaid eligibility and benefits. The cuts affect old age assistance, the blind, and the disabled, with 20 percent patient cost shares for non hospital care and removal of orthodontics and prosthetics unless needed for health or employability. Medical fees drop 20 percent and state payments to hospitals and nursing homes are frozen through year end.
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Rollbacks enjoined in Brooklyn welfare cuts
In Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein blocked state Medicaid cuts set for July 1, ruling the law behind them violated federal welfare-increase timing. The injunction delays changes including lower income eligibility, 20 percent patient bills for nonassistance recipients, restricted dental care, 20 percent cut in reimbursable fees, and asset-deduction reductions, with the state planning an appeal.
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