<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>mom2lillian</b></i>
Ah wow, this is NOT true.
#1 The program exists but there ARE income requirements. you can find them at michigan.gov but I dont remmeber exact link. It is only fair it should go by income but you DO have to pay on a sliding scale I know the lady in charge of a large part of the state regarding this program and no amount of 'finesse' would get our income into the bracket so I know this is not true and it was when I did not have as good of insurance.
#2 this program has been on the chopping block for 3 years now with dear democratic governor granholm it is only through extensive lobbying each year that it has made it through and they are cutting back what they will pay for it is only a matter of time before it is gone completely.
#3 there are less diseases now that qualify you and asthma is NOT one of them. There are some blood disorders, CF, diabetes (both my sisters had it) and some cancers I believe. CF is one of the only ones that cover for life, the rest do until 18 and the life for CF is one of the primary things on teh chopping block now that life expectancy is rising.
There are 5 other states left in teh coutnry that have similar programs. It is a wonderful program but poorly managed and in severe jeopardy of extinction I would NOT recommend relying on this long term; a backup plan is essential.</end quote></div>
I think we are being informed differently. I had a meating this morning with the lady that does the childrens special heath care in my county. I know that is has been around since I was a baby because I was on it BUT it did have a different name "crippled childrens heath care"
It does cover asthma. I have the paperwork with me now, but it has to be diagnosed by either an asthma allergist or by a pulmonologist and it has to be moderat to sever PERSISTANT asthma which my daughter does have.
She did tell me this morning that they do look at your income but they do not use it to determain eligability, there might be a fee if you are over income but that does not mean you will not get the coverage it just means you may have to pay. But what is 10 or even 100 dollars a month when you are paying $1,000 in copays like I do with my insuance.
I am not saying that my info is correct or that yours is not I'm just saying what I was told today by the lady that runs it here. Anyway it might be worth it for some people who are having a hard time to look into it.
I am going to look up the website so that I can ask the lady here about it. I will let you know what I find out about it. Dealing with everything is hard enuff with out people giving you contradicting information.
Ah wow, this is NOT true.
#1 The program exists but there ARE income requirements. you can find them at michigan.gov but I dont remmeber exact link. It is only fair it should go by income but you DO have to pay on a sliding scale I know the lady in charge of a large part of the state regarding this program and no amount of 'finesse' would get our income into the bracket so I know this is not true and it was when I did not have as good of insurance.
#2 this program has been on the chopping block for 3 years now with dear democratic governor granholm it is only through extensive lobbying each year that it has made it through and they are cutting back what they will pay for it is only a matter of time before it is gone completely.
#3 there are less diseases now that qualify you and asthma is NOT one of them. There are some blood disorders, CF, diabetes (both my sisters had it) and some cancers I believe. CF is one of the only ones that cover for life, the rest do until 18 and the life for CF is one of the primary things on teh chopping block now that life expectancy is rising.
There are 5 other states left in teh coutnry that have similar programs. It is a wonderful program but poorly managed and in severe jeopardy of extinction I would NOT recommend relying on this long term; a backup plan is essential.</end quote></div>
I think we are being informed differently. I had a meating this morning with the lady that does the childrens special heath care in my county. I know that is has been around since I was a baby because I was on it BUT it did have a different name "crippled childrens heath care"
It does cover asthma. I have the paperwork with me now, but it has to be diagnosed by either an asthma allergist or by a pulmonologist and it has to be moderat to sever PERSISTANT asthma which my daughter does have.
She did tell me this morning that they do look at your income but they do not use it to determain eligability, there might be a fee if you are over income but that does not mean you will not get the coverage it just means you may have to pay. But what is 10 or even 100 dollars a month when you are paying $1,000 in copays like I do with my insuance.
I am not saying that my info is correct or that yours is not I'm just saying what I was told today by the lady that runs it here. Anyway it might be worth it for some people who are having a hard time to look into it.
I am going to look up the website so that I can ask the lady here about it. I will let you know what I find out about it. Dealing with everything is hard enuff with out people giving you contradicting information.