Your action is needed: Critical Friday Medical Services Board meeting Feb 13 A quick "fill in the blank" mad-lib form is at the bottom of this email, so that you can whip out an email or 2 minute testimony in a FLASH! Quick lesson on the process of getting a mandate from the Legislature (called Legislative Intent which is in state law called Statute). The directive shall come from the legislature which then is sent to the medicaid department (HCPF) whose staff creates proposed rules which are...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Link to join our Free online community for more frequent updates and newsletters! JBC Testimony spurs Colorado Medicaid Department to cease implementation of 3 proposed cuts!!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) Open Mic marathon on Monday February 2. Many submitted written comment or signed up to speak in person or remotely about anything related to the budget. This made a huge impact! I posted the screen shots I got from a Feb 3 email that case managers...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
Submit testimony in writing instantly. Easy action steps to use today! Share this email with everyone! Here are the easy steps to share your thoughts with the budget bill creators at Colorado Legislature, the Joint Budget committee. Submit written testimony today for the Monday Feb 2 1:30p JBC Open mic public comment, you can continue to submit until the hearing is over likely in the late evening! Click HERE for sign up form. Step 1 Choose type of testimony (in person, remote or written) Step...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
So much info to process, the Badass is gonna break it down for you! My ears are getting callouses from my Ear Pods! Hours of hearings, live and recorded, testimony in Joint Health Committee and quoted in a Colorado Public Radio article! My son and husband are annoyed that I am always listening to something on those EarPods! Hat tip to Nikki Martin of Parent 2 Parent Colorado has been providing excellent summaries, and I credit her for much of the info below! I love listening to live stream...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Medicaid Opportunities, Learn and take Action- This means YOU! 1/20 update Want more hot news like this? Join our free online community- more frequent emails! Learn You can dive deep and read my post from a few days ago. It summarizes recent budget related memos. Badass Reaction: HCPFs policy making via memos and moving forward with changes before full approval is deeply concerning. They are bypassing authority of our federal medicaid partners by cutting rates before getting approval, pushing...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
So much info to process, the Badass is gonna break it down for you! Even I was super overwhelmed with all the information coming down from HCPF. Hours of reading, linking and roller coaster of feelings .Since I am a recovering teacher, meaning I am always gonna be educating, this is my attempt to simplify and put all links to the source, HCPF, in one newsletter. Then the advocate in me offers you some ways to share your story and voice to make them see and them hear the impacted people!!! Big...
about 2 months ago • 16 min read
INFO SESSION SIGN-UP ABOUT ROADMAP FOR THE WAIVER JOURNEY My FIVE BADASS MOVES to Transition My 18-year-old Son to Adulthood Is your disabled child around 18 years old and transitioning to adulthood? There are many things you need to plan, including guardianship, education, waiver transitions and more. You can learn from the FIVE BADASS MOVES I'm making right now for my own disabled son, James, who turns 18 this month in May. There are critical issues you need to be aware of and take care of!...
10 months ago • 3 min read
INFO SESSION SIGN-UP ABOUT ROADMAP FOR THE WAIVER JOURNEY New to NDC? If you don't know what waivers are, read on! if you're new to our community and you're not familiar with Medicaid waivers, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about! So for our newbies, we're going back to basics this month. If you're already a waiver expert, skip to the next article! A Medicaid waiver enables disabled people and their families to qualify for Medicaid benefits by ‘waiving,’ or bypassing,...
11 months ago • 5 min read
INFO SESSION SIGN-UP ABOUT ROADMAP FOR THE WAIVER JOURNEY Here's how disabled working adults can earn MORE income, and still KEEP their Medicaid coverage! If you’re a disabled working adult, or you're the parent or caretaker, there is often a fear that the disabled worker will at some point start earning too much money, and will then be disqualified from being able to get Medicaid medical insurance, or will be dropped from existing Medicaid coverage. It's critical that you learn about the...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read