2016 IN Governor's race: on Health Care
Eric Holcomb:
New Medicaid waiver for Structured Family Caregiving
Q: How will you help expand Indiana seniors' access to quality services provided at home in the community (HCBS)?Eric J. Holcomb: Hoosiers are entering their retirement years in record numbers, and they are expected to live longer than ever before.
As has always been the case, many will turn to family or others to provide them with care. These unpaid caregivers face emotional, financial, and physical challenges unappreciated by most of us. Under my administration, I will instruct the Indiana
Division of Aging to continue a new Medicaid waiver service called Structured Family Caregiving (SFC). The caregivers in this model, frequently family members, are paid and supported by a Medicaid certified SFC provider.
John R. Gregg: As Governor
I will protect the CHOICE program and work to increase matching funds to utilize more Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waivers so more folks can stay in their homes and independent.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2016 Indiana Gubernatorial race
Oct 31, 2016
John Gregg:
Protect CHOICE program for seniors aging at home
Q: How will you help expand Indiana seniors' access to quality services provided at home in the community (HCBS)?John R. Gregg: We know seniors want to age in their homes. It's healthier and cheaper. As Governor I will protect the CHOICE program
and work to increase matching funds to utilize more Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waivers so more folks can stay in their homes and independent. I will also work with community organizations and hospitals to create public private partnerships which will
allow them to provide more local supportive services including home healthcare, home modifications, and ways to reduce social isolation. All of these things together reduce expensive hospital visits and institutionalized care and save taxpayers money.
Eric J. Holcomb: I will continue a new Medicaid waiver service called Structured Family Caregiving (SFC). The caregivers in this model, frequently family members, are paid and supported by a Medicaid certified SFC provider.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2016 Indiana Gubernatorial race
Oct 31, 2016
Eric Holcomb:
ObamaCare was the wrong answer to a national problem
Holcomb said, "Those of us who feel that the Affordable Care Act was the wrong answer to a national problem just can't continue talking about what we're against; we now have to present what we're for.
We need the federal government--the Congress and the president--to give states the flexibility to offer alternative solutions. That's what I will fight for in order to make America safer, stronger and freer for generations to come."
Source: Journal-Gazette on 2016 Indiana governor race
Aug 16, 2015
Mike Pence:
Healthy Indiana: expand Medicaid but with "skin in the game"
When faced with the decision of whether to embrace Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, Pence took the money. But he did it with a conservative twist: The Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 is built on a smaller coverage program. The program began last year and
extends coverage to low-income adults up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Indiana's program requires beneficiaries to pay into health savings accounts. It's based on the principle that people should have "skin in the game."
Source: Politico.com on 2016 Indiana gubernatorial race
Jan 26, 2014
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