2009 House Bill 4708 (Increase “working poor” Medicaid subsidies for households up to $75,000 )

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Introduced by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on March 26, 2009, to revise the sliding-scale Medicaid fees that individuals who are between 135 percent of the poverty rate and up to $75,000 income for a household of one may pay a fee to obtain this government health care coverage. The new fees would be 3 percent of the income above 135 percent of the poverty rate and below $75,000 for a household of one (above which eligibility ends). See also House Bill 4707.
- Referred to the House Family and Childrens Services Committee on March 26, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4708 (Increase “working poor” Medicaid subsidies for households up to $75,000 ) [by Steve999 on April 20, 2009]

I am very pleased with the thought
and don’t feel like adding anything in it. It’s a perfect answer.

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2) Re: 2009 House Bill 4708 (Increase “working poor” Medicaid subsidies for households up to $75,000 ) [by Poppy on April 1, 2009]

Go for it Tonya,

After being turned away for my wife, because we both collect SSI and her part time job makes 500 per month, and we are ineligible because we collectively make 100 dollars more than they consider livable anything you can do to make it easier for people to become insured without a 1600.00 per month medical write down is a blessing to me.

We even offered to pay a premium to let her "buy" into the system but that is not allowed.

It is very frustrating to go to the FIA office and watch people that cant even speak English park their new cars and walk in and get benefits, while people like us go to get some help because there is no insurance company that will insure my wife without a 700.00 a month fee, and get turned down, while all of our lives we have paid into these government programs thru our taxes etc, and cant get even a minimal amount of help.

Someone must have or should have written a book on how to scam the system, and we just didnt get the memo.

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3) 2009 House Bill 4708 (Increase “working poor” Medicaid subsidies for households up to $75,000 ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2009

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