By Suzanne Robitaille Intel and General Electric are creating a new company that will provide medical care and assistive technologies to the elderly and people with chronic illnesses, according to BusinessWeek. Intel and GE hope to bring more health care devices into homes, which they say will help lower health care costs and increase the [...]
By Suzanne Robitaille For the disability community, the passage of healthcare reform has brought a collective sigh of relief. While not perfect, the law has nailed many important facets of coverage for disabled Americans — including expanding the pool of people with disabilities who are eligible for Medicaid. It introduces critical provisions that no longer permit [...]
The nation’s governors are pushing back on Congressional efforts for health-care reform that would potentially expand Medicaid, the program that provides subsidies to low-income persons and people with disabilities who are unable to work. States are concerned about the daunting prospect of having to pay for coverage to millions of low-income residents, especially in a [...]
Senator Harkin and other Democrats say the push to reform Medicaid to include more in-home care for people with disabilities is about "civil rights," and should be part of the nation's healthcare reform bill.
