MEDICAID CHANGES IN STORE: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
How Will the Dollars Be Allocated?
HEAR FROM THE PERSON WHO WILL DECIDE
JASON HELGERSON
New York State Medicaid Director
MONDAY, JUNE 12th
6 – 8pm
IAC
150 West 30th Street, 15th Floor
Here are some of our questions:
How will changes to the Medicaid dollars affect our families?
What are the plans for Managed Care for people with ID/DD?
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS HERE: Questions@nycfair.org
These two articles lay out the situation
How Will Trump’s New Plan to Replace Obamacare Affect You? U.S Economics
Trump Budget Guts Medicaid, Disability Programs Disability Scoop
REGISTER WITH NYC FAIR:
http://bit.ly/2qwUSoC
Be patient with the link
INDICATE YOUR LOCATION PREFERENCE
ON THE REGISTRATION FORM
- VIDEO CONFERENCING WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THESE OTHER LOCATIONS FOR THE MEETING WITH JASON HELGERSON
Staten Island: PCCS, 150 Granite Ave, SI, NY - Nassau County: FREE, 191Bethpage – Sweethollow Road, Old Bethpage, NY
- Rockland County: The ARC of Rockland, 25 Hemlock Drive, Congers, NY
- Ulster / Greene Counties: 471 Albany Ave., Kingston, NY
- Suffolk: DDI, 99 Hollywood Drive, Smithtown NY.Call- In #: 646-780-0451, PIN: 314-512-500 #
Translation Available if Requested Before June 1st
Light Supper
For Policy Wonks: Also on June 12th, from 10:30 – Noon:
Mr Helgerson will attend the Medicaid Advocates Meeting. It deals with more technical and large-scale policy issues. Agenda items include DSRIP and Self-Direction.
Here are detailed instructions to attend this meeting and the proposed agenda.
A MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION OF HOW MEDICAID MAY IMPACT PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE EVENING
Coming Next Week:
Information about pending legislation concerning: Changes in Justice Center Reporting, Changes in 17A Guardianship Rules, the FAIR ACT, AND the implications of the proposed federal budget to programs for IDD.