MISSISSIPPI: Federal Grant to Boost Health Care For Workers With HIV/AIDS
Mississippi will receive $27.5 million in grant money from
the Department of Health and Human
Services to provide health coverage for workers with
HIV/AIDS. The grant is part of an HHS initiative announced
Tuesday called the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and
Employment, which seeks to help disabled and chronically ill
individuals receive quality health care and remain or return to
their jobs. The new program in Mississippi "will mirror the full
Medicaid benefits and services" and will be implemented in
nine counties in the Mississippi Delta "where there is a
relatively high rate of HIV/AIDS and limited health care
resources for people with this condition." HCFA acting administrator Michael
Hash said, "Our goal with these grants is to see if getting
health care to people earlier than traditional Medicaid rules
allow will actually lower long term costs and increase a person's
work life and the quality of that life" (HHS
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