Health Care Coverage Resources
- Children
and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program CYSHCN)
- the CYSHCN Program
works to support children and youth with special health care needs
and their families.
- DisabilityInfo.gov
- Health (exit DHFS)
- This section of DisabilityInfo.gov offers a wide range of
information on health care programs and resources available
throughout the federal government.
- Health and
Nutrition Assistance (exit DHFS)
- Link to ACCESS, a quick and easy way for people in Wisconsin to
get answers to questions about health and nutrition programs.
- Health Resources
for Women with Disabilities (exit DHFS)
- Useful information for women with disabilities, caretakers, health
professionals, and researchers.
- Katie
Beckett Program
- The Katie Beckett Program is a
special eligibility process that allows certain children who are
residents of
Wisconsin
with long-term disabilities or complex medical needs, living at home
with their families, to obtain a Wisconsin Medicaid card.
- Medicaid
- Medicaid is a joint federal/state
program established in 1965 under Title XIX of the Social Security
Act to pay for medical services for people with disabilities, people
65 years and older, children and their caretakers, and pregnant
women who meet the program's financial requirements.
- Medicaid Purchase
Plan
- The Medicaid Purchase Plan offers people with disabilities who are
working or interested in working the opportunity to buy health care
coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. Depending on an
individual’s income, a premium payment may be required for this
health care coverage.
- Prescription Drug
Assistance for Elders
- SeniorCare is Wisconsin's Prescription Drug Assistance Program for
Wisconsin residents who are 65 years of age or older and who meet
eligibility requirements.
- Prescription
Drug Resource Center (exit DHFS)
- Website which gives Wisconsin citizens the ability to buy certain
prescriptions at significantly lower prices from pharmacies
that have been visited and found to be
safe, reputable, and reliable by inspection on behalf of several
state governors. It also provides information about SeniorCare,
the new Medicare drug benefit, and other programs that may be an
option for you.
- Wisconsin
Partnership Program
- The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) is an integrated health
and long term care program for frail elderly and people with
disabilities. The Partnership Program consists of several
community-based organizations located in different geographical
regions of Wisconsin.
Last Revised: October 29, 2007
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