Corbett administration imposes hefty copays on services for disabled children on Medicaid

Under the new DPW requirements, a family whose income is above 200 percent of the poverty level will have to pay up to 5 percent of their gross monthly income for "wraparound" services: behavior therapy, speech, occupational and physical therapies, medications, doctor's visits and more.

That means a family of four whose incomes is just at 200 percent of the poverty level, or $46,100 a year, will have to pay an added $2,300 a year.

In a recent statement, state DPW Secretary Gary Alexander noted that these services cost "$700 million a year, yet many of the families receiving this care have the ability to pay their fair share. About 80 percent of these families have incomes above 200 percent of the federal poverty level and one in four have an income above $100,000 a year."


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