This study examined the characteristics and service use of Medicaid Buy-In participants with higher incomes (above 250 percent of the federal poverty line), relative to participants with lower incomes. The study found higher-income participants were less likely to enroll in Medicare and more...

Increasingly, persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD) are being viewed in terms of functional limitations rather than specific categorical conditons. This trend, plus the shift from institutional to community-based service settings for the MR/DD population,...

The national Medicaid Buy-In program promotes employment and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities by allowing states to amend their Medicaid programs. As of December 2002, 25 states had implemented this program. Three themes emerge in this early picture of 21 states: (1)...

The Medicaid Buy-In program was designed to help adults with disabilities obtain or keep their employment without fear of losing health insurance. This report presents a snapshot of the program in 2005 that captures the interplay of policy features, enrollment trends, and participant...

Working-age people with disabilities are often overlooked in discussions of the latest statistics on employment, income, poverty, and other measures. This book reviews what current data on this population can and cannot tell us, as well as how data quality can be improved to better inform...