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Medicaid provided healthcare coverage to Brendaliz and her family when they needed it most. Brendaliz’s story is part of the Medicaid Stories Project, which aims to share South Carolinian experiences with the program and the role it’s played in improving lives in the state. Do you live in South Carolina and have experience with Medicaid?…
In this video Jessica discusses the different ways Medicaid has helped her family cover the costs of some major surgeries for her daughter along with the important long term physical therapy related to it. This story is part of the Medicaid Stories Project, which aims to share South Carolinian experiences with the program and the…
In this video Donald talks about the challenges he’s had in gaining Medicaid due to strict barriers in South Carolina. This story is part of the Medicaid Stories Project, which aims to share South Carolinian experiences with the program and the role it plays in improving lives in the state. Do you live in South…
Last week, we blogged about how many people support work requirements and other measures to reduce Medicaid coverage because they believed lies about Medicaid and the people on it. Contrary to what many people think, most people on Medicaid are either unable to work (children, the elderly and people with disabilities) or need the coverage to support…
In December, while most of us were preparing for holidays and the New Year, South Carolina’s Medicaid agency proposed new work-related reporting rules. These new rules would apply to only to parents and caretaker relatives with incomes below 67 percent of the poverty line who are insured through Medicaid. To remain on Medicaid, these parents and caregivers…
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY REPORT SHOWS NATIONWIDE INCREASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE SC Appleseed Media Contact: Sue Berkowitz | [email protected] | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Media Contact: Cathy Hope | [email protected] The number of uninsured children in South Carolina climbed from about 50,000 to 60,000 in the past year, reversing course on the…
Following a trend of spiteful anti-immigrant policies, over the weekend, the Administration published a new proposed rule that would alter decades of existing legal immigration precedent. This departure from American values will directly endanger the lives of immigrant families, including children who are United States citizens. The proposed rule forces immigrant families into an impossible…
“I sleep good at night because I take care of my kids well,” stated Mrs. Johnson, of her twin sons. Mrs. Johnson’s sons are both on the Autism Spectrum, and she participated in a recent focus group conducted by South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center to learn about parents’ and caregivers’ understanding of their children’s Medicaid…
The Coverage Gap A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation predicts roughly 194,000 South Carolinians will fall into a health insurance coverage gap due to incomes above Medicaid eligibility levels, but below poverty limits. They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to qualify for Marketplace premium tax credits. Most of these people have…
The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, a leading health policy research organization, reported “lower than expected” premiums for ObamaCare’s new insurance exchanges in a major study released last week. With open enrollment in new insurance marketplaces set to begin Oct. 1, the Foundation compiled premium data from the new marketplaces in the 17 states where it is fully…
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