[Missouri-l] Fw: [CCB-L] SSI Cash grant termination

[Terrie Arnold]

hello mcb list , here is something 
that is going on in Calif. , I am 
not saying that this could not 
happen here in Mo. , but this 
acation that will thake place will 
hurt a lot of blind people that 
live in Calif.
T. Arnold
> Hi list,
> Due to the state budget crises 
> many Blind individuals  who are 
> receiving
> SSDI and a Small grant of SSI 
> are losing their SSI cash grant 
> as of May 1,
> 2009 these persons are in limbo 
> for State Medi Cal  (Medicaid ) 
> services, as
> well as the state payment of 
> their Part A and  B, Medicare 
> monthly premium.
> Those who receive the Guide Dog 
> allowance are also in Jeopardy 
> of loosing
> these Monthly  benefits.
> Is anyone on top of this issue 
> and able  to provide any 
> information
> regarding the true eligibility 
> and continuation of these 
> additional
> benefits.  State Medi-Cal staff 
> are completely ineffective 
> regarding this
> issue and the Guide dog 
> allowance office are also 
> ineffective in answering
> the questions around 
> eligibility.
> Regards,
> Claude Everett
> American by chance, Californian 
> by choice.
> Everyone has a disability, some 
> are more aware of it than 
> others.
> "If we have learned one thing 
> from the civil rights movement 
> in the united
> states, it is that when you let 
> others speak for you, you lose."
> Ed Roberts
>
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