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Pennsylvania Medicaid Help & Publications

Medicaid brochure or publication: Your Medicare Rights and Protections source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 44pp   languages: English Fairly detailed explanations and descriptions about your Medicare rights and protections. Medicaid brochure or publication: Pennsylvania MEDICAID FACTS source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS file size: 2pg.   languages: English Introduction to Pennsylvania Medicaid, with answers to questions like "What is medicaid?" and "How is Medicaid different from Medicare?" with facts pertaining to Pennsylvania residents. Medicare Web Page: The Office of Medical Assistance Programs/ Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare "Promise" on line assistance for claims. web page: Key Medicaid Information for Pennsylvania source:Elder Law Answers languages: English Explains important basics about Pennsylvania Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery. web page: Pennsylvania Public Health Insurance for Parents source:National Center for Children in Poverty languages: English "Parents have access to public health insurance coverage primarily through plans that target “families”, with significant variation by state in the types of plans that are available and in the eligibility criteria that parents must meet. Most family plans are funded through Medicaid, but a handful of states have waivers to use State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds to cover parents..."   more from National Center for Children in Poverty: Pennsylvania Demographics of Low-Income Children languages: English "Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level—$40,000 for a family of four in 2006—are referred to as low income..." web page: Pennsylvania & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation languages: English web page: Pennsylvania Medicaid and Medicare Nursing Homes source:The Nursing Home Project languages: English Directory of nursing homes and long term care facilities in Pennsylvania, with Medicaid and Medicare nursing home information. Besides a state directory, there are seperate pages for the main Pennsylvania cities- Philadelphia Nursing Homes & Long Term Care; Pittsburgh Nursing Homes - Rehab - LTC: Medicaid brochure or publication: Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005 source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services file size: 12 pg.   languages: English A brief explanation of the Medicaid program. Medicaid brochure or publication: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in Pennsylvania source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 7 pg.   languages: English "In Pennsylvania, low-income children may be enrolled into the Medicaid program, a SCHIP Medicaid expansion program, or a separate SCHIP program based on the child's age and their family's income." Medicaid brochure or publication: A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Pennsylvania source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 43pg.   languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of Pennsylvania, you have rights under federal and state law that will protect you when you seek to buy, keep, or switch your health insurance, even if you have a serious health condition. This guide describes your protections as a resident of Pennsylvania. Medicaid brochure or publication: A MANAGEMENT SUCCESS STORY: THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAM source:Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government file size: 41 pg.   languages: English "...the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has created the organizational and management capacity necessary to meet the standards of prudent purchasing with its HealthChoices Medicaid managed care program. Medicaid brochure or publication: Understanding Medicaid: A Brief Overview source:Work, Welfare and Families file size: 7 pg.   languages: English "Medicaid is an extremely complicated program created by the federal government to provide health coverage to families, people with disabilities, and the aged with low income. This report is intended to give the average person some insight into the main points of Medicaid. "

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