The subjective measures include such matters as whether a company has an innovative hiring program for the disabled.
This model would effectively force a relative handful of insurance buyers to subsidize a benefit program for the working disabled, a design that would likely drive up premiums and discourage healthy people from purchasing coverage.
One important insurer won't pay for these devices: Medicare, the health program for the elderly and disabled.
Medicaid is the health-care program for the poor and disabled funded jointly by states and the federal government.
While details of the package remain fluid, people aged 55 to 64 who were uninsured or could not afford employer-sponsored health insurance would be allowed to enroll in Medicare, the federal program for the elderly and disabled.
Known as an expert in the Service Disabled Veterans Small Business Program under Public Laws 106-50, 108-93, and other related Laws, Mr. Gatewood provides testimony to the House Small Business Committee, sits on a number of small business and advocacy councils, and serves as a small business advocate while participating in a variety of small business forums.
In recent days, Clinton's defense of the nation's health program for the poor, elderly and disabled has become central to the budget debate, and could force another government shutdown if no agreement is reached by Friday.
Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that provides coverage to the poor and disabled, would be expanded to cover everyone earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level.
On one hand, the very existence of the program acknowledges that Americans have a collective responsibility to help older and disabled individuals afford the medicines they need.
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Well, the program primarily serves the very young, the very poor and the very disabled.
They prefer to focus on the first stage of his plan, which is more concrete: If elected, Bush says he would immediately push through a four-year program to provide a prescription drug subsidy for low-income seniors and the disabled until the larger reforms are in place.
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Most special needs trusts are created by a parent, grandparent, or other family member but the disabled individual may be able to create the trust himself depending on the program for which they are seeking benefits.
This will benefit seniors over 65 years old, disabled adults and children, and those who meet the financial limits of the Supplemental Security Income program.
In some schemes, users also need a special viewer or player program that is deemed to be secure meaning, for example, that the printing function is disabled if a particular user's rights do not include printing.
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