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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: South Carolina Medicaid PRODUCTS WITH QUANTITY LIMITS source: First Health Services' South Carolina Pharmacy Services 2pp   languages: English Maximum Quantity Limitation Per Prescription information. Medicare Web Page: Economic Impact of Medicaid on South Carolina source:Division of Research, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina file size: 1 pg.   languages: English Study analyzes the impact of Medicaid health insurance program on South carolina's economic development. Medicaid brochure or publication: South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services "Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Our mission is to manage the Medicaid program to provide the best healthcare value for South Carolinians." web page: Key Medicaid Information for South Carolina source:Elder Law Answers languages: English Explains important basics about South Carolina Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery. web page: RISKY BUSINESS: SOUTH CAROLINA’S MEDICAID WAIVER PROPOSAL source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities file size: 13 pg.   languages: English Position and opinions about South Carolina proposal to replace Medicaid with a system of state-funded "personal health accounts," which beneficiaries would use either to purchase health care services directly from providers or to enroll in private insurance plans or private health care networks. web page: South Carolina 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: South Carolina 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: South Carolina & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation languages: English 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 South Carolina source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 6 pg.   languages: English "In South Carolina, 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 South Carolina source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 43pg.   languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of South Carolina, 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 New Hampshire. 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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