Gov. Christie's proposed income limits would cut Medicaid for working poor

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Adults in a family of three that makes as little as $103 a week would earn too much to qualify for health care provided by Medicaid under a sharply curtailed program Gov. Chris Christie wants the federal government to approve this year, according to state officials and advocates briefed on the proposal.

If approved by the Obama administration, the change would affect only new applicants and virtually everyone in the program now would continue to receive health benefits, officials said. Children would continue to be accepted.

Nonetheless, advocates said it would eliminate a future health care avenue for thousands of working poor residents.

The state estimates that about 23,000 people in the coming fiscal year would be prevented from enrolling in Medicaid and New Jersey FamilyCare, a spinoff program for working poor who make slightly more than the Medicaid limits. The Christie administration is expected to propose cutting the maximum income level of Medicaid from $24,645 to $5,317 a year for a family of three, said Ray Castro, senior analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspective, a left-leaning think tank, who was briefed by administration officials. State officials confirmed the figure.



http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/proposed_christie_income_limit.html


If there is a hell I hope there is a special room for this scumbag....

[kestrel91316]

1. Well it's ONE way of thinning the ranks of the poor. They will simply die

for lack of medical care.

[DainBramaged]

2. I can imagine him sitting at home shoveling food in his gullet and thinking of new ways to screw

the poor and women in NJ.


If there is a God, justice will be served for these scumbags.

[rfranklin]

5. He's like a character out of a Dickens novel...

Gorging himself while ordering some poor Bob Crachit to be incarcerated in the poorhouse.

[Shandris]

3. If the $5,317 is for a family of 3, it will also remove anyone recieving ~only~ SS. (n/t)

[Deep13]

4. Again, the R.s point out that the REAL problem is that the poor have too much money.

Life is just a little too easy for them. Anyway, we have to protect our priorities: tax cuts for the rich.