[Education and Welfare] *** SPAM ***Re: looking for medical insurancein other places

[From the IPHONE of Terrie L. Arnold]

yes  Pa. has one but you have dirt poor under $200 and they only get $100 

skyp -k.c.kitty

On Mar 10, 2012, at 3:25 PM, "Rick Burch" <rickburch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Hello Tom,

Also, every state has some program to help their severely handicapped
people.

Rick Burch

I believe Pennsylvania has a blind pension also.  

-----Original Message-----
From: ew-bounces at moblind.org [mailto:ew-bounces at moblind.org] On Behalf Of
Tom Armstrong
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Education and Welfare
Subject: Re: [Education and Welfare] *** SPAM ***Re: looking for medical
insurancein other places

I can't give you any data about the number of blind people in Missouri but
one of the driving forces that bringb them to Missouri is the Blind Pension.

As far as I know, Missouri is the only state that has the Blind Pension.

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gretchen Maune" <gmaune at socket.net>
To: "'Education and Welfare'" <ew at moblind.org>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:17 PM
Subject: *** SPAM ***Re: [Education and Welfare] looking for medical
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> Can you give me the citation or something for where you got the figure 
> that MO has the highest concentration of blind people?  I never knew 
> that, and having that piece of data would come in quite handy.
> 
> Thanks!
> Gretchen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ew-bounces at moblind.org [mailto:ew-bounces at moblind.org] On Behalf 
> Of Elton Thomas
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 4:40 AM
> To: Education and Welfare
> Cc: chat at moblind.org; ew at moblind.org
> Subject: Re: [Education and Welfare] looking for medical insurance in 
> other places
> 
> David, your suggestion made me think of a couple of key points.
> 
> 1. We simply are not going to find insurance equivalent to Medicaid 
> that most folks can afford. They will have to most likely have to 
> resort to going to free or cheap clinics. There are many blind 
> conditions on the verge of being cured and improved treatments. The 
> blind really should be seeing specialist otherwise this great research 
> will end. Clinics and small doctor offices don't have the means to do 
> extensive research.
> 
> 2. Missouri has the largest concentration of blind folks and a lot of 
> studies done in Missouri for curing/treating blindness are used 
> nationally.
> 
> We cannot let this happen.
> 
> Elton
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 9, 2012, at 1:19 AM, "dauidr at juno.com" <dauidr at juno.com> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> AS we all know, the future of Medicaid is up in the air. I understand 
>> why
> many of us on the edge of our seats, biting our fingernails, etc.
>> 
>> However, I think the thing we cannot do in this situation is panic.
> Rather, being optimistic, we do well to seek alternatives in case 
> stuff hits the fan. So, in the next couple days, I am in the process 
> of evaluating, contacting, and compiling a list of low-cost medical 
> providers many of which I've searched the web could help us.
>> 
>> I can also see what other resources I've saved in my files that I 
>> compile
> for moments like this. The thing we need to do on our own, along with 
> continuing to call our reps, is to think a move or two ahead and be 
> proactive.
>> 
>> So, forgive me for being an optimist here. Number one, I don't think 
>> in
> all honesty the budget cuts to State Medical will ultimately get approved.
> But, if they do, I want to see what I can find for us as reasonable 
> solutions to the problem before it happens. After all, what's better?
> Dworking together on solutions or waiting for "big brother" to take 
> care of things for us? I submit to you the former, not the latter. 
> Let's roll.
>> David Rosenkoetter
>> Kansas City, MO
>> 
>> 
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