From The Certified Elder Law Attorney's Desk:

The Public Benefits Dilemma of “In Between” Persons

(Especially in a Changing Medicaid Landscape)

By: Catherine B. Read Esquire, CELA*

I, along with a strong chorus in the disability law community, observe with increasing frequency the plight of persons with disabilities who do not fit neatly in the public benefits system’s categories, which I’ll term “in between” persons. These persons need healthcare coverage, but because of their “in between” qualification status, receive non-disability-based Medicaid and miss out on important income benefits. Further, as states consider Medicaid funding proposals, these “in between” persons are vulnerable to elimination or cutback of their Medicaid.

A recent Special Needs Alliance Blog, “Understanding Medicaid Work Requirements: What Families Need to Knowhttps://www.specialneedsalliance.org/blog/understanding-medicaid-work-requirements-what-families-need-to-know/, ” by Victoria Blair Struse, Esq., stopped me in my tracks. It was as if the author had participated in my client meetings and written exactly about several of my clients. The author wrote of her autistic brother, why he doesn’t have a Social Security Administration (SSA) disability determination, the invisible barriers to work he faces...

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