Comments on: 1,600 Mississippians on waiting lists for home care http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/21/mississippi-waiting-lists-24456/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angie http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/21/mississippi-waiting-lists-24456/comment-page-1/#comment-4928 Angie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:12:23 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=24456#comment-4928 Many states like Mississippi do not provide or fully fund community based services like in-home care to all the residents that need it. The federal government requires that 67% of Medicaid funding for these programs to states be used to provide long term institutional care. Only 33% remains for "optional programs" which could be used to provide in-home and other community based services. I urge everyone to support the federal bill Community Choice Act (Senate bill 683, House bill 1670) which will allow people with disabilities a choice between institutional care and community based care. It also allows states to redirect long-term services funding from institutions to community based care. Please contact your members of Congress to pass this bill. It will help the people of Mississippi and in other states have access to the services they need. Thank you. Many states like Mississippi do not provide or fully fund community based services like in-home care to all the residents that need it. The federal government requires that 67% of Medicaid funding for these programs to states be used to provide long term institutional care. Only 33% remains for “optional programs” which could be used to provide in-home and other community based services.

I urge everyone to support the federal bill Community Choice Act (Senate bill 683, House bill 1670) which will allow people with disabilities a choice between institutional care and community based care. It also allows states to redirect long-term services funding from institutions to community based care.

Please contact your members of Congress to pass this bill. It will help the people of Mississippi and in other states have access to the services they need. Thank you.

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