CITY OF JEFFERSON — Springfield lawmakers are proposing looser guidelines for Missouri’s program to help people with disabilities access health care under Medicaid.
Republican Congressman Melanie Stinnett House Bill 970 Extends the rules of Ticket to Work Health Guarantee Programgrants employed people with disabilities ages 16 to 64 access to Medicaid.
Not only would this measure give people with disabilities eligible for the program the ability to earn more before it was phased out, but it would also change the total earnings under the program to the first spouse’s earnings. Exempts $50,000. Under current law, anyone earning above the federal poverty level (approximately $14,000 for a single-person household) must pay premiums to participate in the program. The spouse’s current income limit is also significantly lower.
