Sen. Jon Dolan (R) Putting the Disabled in their Place!

[usregimechange]

JEFFERSON CITY Sen. Jon Dolan listened as Herman Bell of Doe Run had
his say before the Medicaid Reform Commission.

Bell, who used a cane, accused legislators of "basically sentencing
people to death if you take away their Medicaid."

Dolan, R-Lake Saint Louis, pounced. He wanted to know Bell's
disability. "Limited walking ability" was the reply. Asked what
Medicaid services he used, Bell replied: "I get in-home housekeeping."

As Bell left the hearing at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Dolan took
a seat in the audience to give a reporter his view. "Yeah, I'd like a
sponge bath and a clean house every day, too. Does he have a chronic
disease he didn't disclose?"

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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/sto
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Contact Sen. Dolan at his eugenics workshop:
http://www.senate.mo.gov/webmail/mail_form.aspx

You will need a full zip code to contact him, this one will work:
63304-7845

[alittlelark]

1. Outrage Overload....... gotta go to sleep or have another glass of wine...

I want to know what Dolan's MENTAL disability is???? Uh, Yeah. F*CK him.

I know 3 disabled people - and their lives are sooo much more difficult than mine.

PS - I'm sure Doyle WOULD LOVE a daily sponge bath (and a diaper)... but his frigid wife would prefer to re-organize the towel closet, because HE'S a tiny DICK, and doesn't give a sh*t about anything but his own self-interest... well, what's the point.


OK... I'm rambling.

[Traveling_Home]

2. Rate

I used to run a medicaid-certified home health agency at an Independent Living Center (ILC). One of the services we provided was homemaker and billed the service hours to medicaid under a medicaid waiver program. It's been nearly 15 years so I'm way out of the loop. Does anyone know what the standard reimbursement rate (or a range since states vary) for an hour of medicaid reimbursed homemaker services?

I'm also a polio survivor (now on SSDI for post-polio syndrome) so the implications are also personal.

Thanks

[JanusAscending]

3. I work part time for a Home Health care agency in Ct.

All I can tell you is they pay me $9.00 an hour, and I'm sure they get at least twice that amount ,if not more. Both of my clients are on Title 19. I do no personal care (the visiting nurses aids attend to that.) I do housework, laundry, errands, and transport to Dr. appointments when necessary. I also do some shopping and help one patient with Parkinsons write letters and pay bills. Wish I could get a raise, but the work is very rewarding. It helps folks stay in their own homes.:hi:

[Traveling_Home]

5. Thanks, better info

then I found.

Best I found was an old list from Indiana.

Glad it isn't a minimum wage position like it was when I ran an agency. From your info it sounds like medicaid pays about $18 you think.

I used to always argue at medicaid program that homemaker services should NOT have to go through agencies unless client or client's family unable to manage the money/hireing of homemaker. More pay for the homemaker, less cost to medicaid, more people able to be served for less money. Many, Many years ago.

Thanks

[Traveling_Home]

4. Found 1 Rate

Would like more for info

http://www.in.gov/fssa/servicedisabl/dd2b.pdf

In Indiana, The medicaid reimbursement rate effective 10/1/01 (about 4 years ago), it was $11.98 (per hr, I presume) for homemaker services, not personal care (no baths!!). Probably somewhere around $13.50 these days.

I know we used to pay homemakers minimum wage when I ran the agency because the skills were minimal, potential employees plentiful, and therefore the pay was lower when compared to attendants and nurses and because of overhead and profit incentive. We were an NPO agency but used the Home Health Agency profit center as a means to pay for other programs that were unfunded by grants. Homemaker services offered things like routine housekeeping/cleaning, laundry, shopping.

What's a typical housekeepers pay in the hospitality (hotel/motel) industry today for comparison? Is this a minimum wage job too?

[pop goes the weasel]

6. article link isn't working

Is there a better one?

[cornermouse]

7. Correction.

Do a search for Jon Dolan in the St. Louis paper. Title is "Dolan plays ‘bad cop’ in reforms to Medicaid".

I'm glad I don't know him.