Health Care

Hiring a caregiver for someone with special needs can be a daunting task. Here are some tips to keep in mind before, during, and after the hiring process.

Special Needs 101

Even before the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) expanded Medicaid access for hundreds of thousands of people, a little-known program called Medicaid Buy-In allowed people with disabilities who work to qualify for Medicaid benefits even though their incomes...

Special Needs 101

If a person with special needs receives a large personal injury award, paying for health insurance could become an unaffordable expense unless precautions are taken. A special needs trust could be the answer.

Special Needs 101

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental illness that they do for physical illness, but the bill differs sharply from a version passed earlier by...

An overlooked portion of recent Medicare legislation promises Medicare recipients greater access to mental health benefits.

More than ten years after the measure was first proposed, Congress finally passed a law requiring that insurance companies provide enrollees suffering from mental illness with coverage equal to the coverage they would receive for any other type of condition.

In an apparent violation of federal law, states are increasingly using nursing homes to house young and middle-age people with mental illnesses.

One of the programs on the cutting edge of community mental health is called "supportive housing," and it incorporates not only housing but social services and medical care as well.

In a recent article, several professors advocate for greater funding for programs that have shown great success in quickly placing people with mental illness in jobs they like and are able to keep.