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- WIIA (Work Incentives Improvement Act)/Disabilities and Work
- Audio Recording of President Clinton's Remarks on Signing the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 12/20/1999
- : LOCATION: TIME: BRIEFING: Message: SIGNING OF WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1999 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL 9:25AM- I 0:15AM 9:00AM- 9:15AM THE PRESIDENT will sign the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
- , putting them in the untenable position of choosing between health care coverage and work. That is why my budget fully funds the Work Incentives Improvement Act, investing $1.2 billion ·over 5 years in health care and employment services so people
- Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [1]
- Policy Council Chris Jennings (Subject File) OAlBox Number: 23746 Box 14 FOLDER TITLE: Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [1] gm RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Ad -144 U.S.c. 2204(a)1 Freedom of Information Act -IS U.S.c. SS2(b
Disability-Proclamation
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- , they often become ineligible for Medicaid or Medicare if they work. That why I have challenged the Congress to pass the bipartisan Work Incentives Improvement Act. Th~s proposed legislation would extend Medicare coverage for people with disabilities who
- Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [4]
- new Initiative that will remove significant barriers to work fOf;:;people with disabilities, This three-part budget initiative, which invests over $2 billion over five ye'~i;s, includes: (1) full funding of the Work Incentives Improvement Act which
Disability-OPM-Model Plan VI
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- to have health care, and neither they nor their employer can afford, or often even find, health Insurance. There's a common-sense, bipartisan bill to change that. It's called the work incentives improvement act; it was sponsored by Republican Senators
- health care is offered (e.g.. assisted living facilities). (DPC/NEC) 2. Disability Proposals. A health-related disabilities package could include: (1) the J^ffordsKmopdy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back
- -Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act, which you included in your budget. The bill now has 40 co-sponsors in the Senate, includi,ng about a dozen Republicans. At the hearing;Senator Kennedy'expressed 'appreciation ' for your support
- legislation to the floor of the Senate. 2. Health Care - Jeffords-Kennedy Legislation: The Senate leadership agreed Thursday to schedule a floor vote on the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act immediately after the recess. We believe you should
- specialists established by Section 221 of the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. (2) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS.-- From funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary of Labor shall consult with appropriate Federal partners prior
- significant barriers to work for people with disabilities. This three-part budget initiative, which invests over $2 billion over five years, includes: (I) full funding of the Work Incentives Improvement Act which will be introduced by Senators Jeffords
- Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [2]
- called the Work Incentives Improvement Act and it was sponsored by Republican Senators Jeffords and Roth and Democratic Senators Kennedy and Moynihan. It will make sUre that people with disabilities don't lose their health care when they gain ajob
Health Care 9/8/99 - Policy
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- of a larger bill on 3/25/99. Rep. Conyers did the same on 5/19/99. EXECUTIVE ACTION ISSUE ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES POLICY DESCRIPTION The Work Incentives Improvement Act would provide options for workers to buy
- 23746 102197-002 Insurance Coverage Expansion [3] Insurance Coverage Expansion [4] Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [1] Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [2] Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [3] 015
- you. -. Erica S. Lepping 06/16/99 10:22:44 AM I Record Type: To: Record Julia M. Payne/WHO/EOP@EOP cc: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message Subject: Remarks by the President on Work Incentives Improvement Act-~ D
- to pass the Jeffords-Kennedy "Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1998." This legislation enables people with disabilities to go back to work by helping provide an option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare, as well as other pro-work initiatives. CBO estimates
- to participate in a bip event on Wednesday to unveil the Administration's new work incentives initiative for individuals with disabilities. Your package, which costs $1.7 billion over five years, includes funds for: (1) the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives
- of the NGA, will join you at this event. 3. Health - Jeffords-Kennedy Bill: The Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act continues to gain bipartisan support in the Senate, and the Labor PHOTOCOPY WJC HANDWRITING .,.'.,., ..... ' J
- Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [3]
- Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. AND TYPE 00 I. list DATE SUBJECTrrlTLE HR 1180, Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 Event Social Security numbers redacted (I page) nd RESTRICTION P6/b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton
- ] Disability-Transportation Buses Rule Disability-Youth Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Part I Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Part II Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Text of Bill Drug
- obligation. of .... Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. AND TYPE DATE SUBJECTffiTLE RESTRICTION 06/09/99 • PS Sandra Yaminto Janet Murguia, Fredrickson, Chow, et. AI. re: Work Incentives Improvement Act (partial) (1 page) 06/04/99 PS .003. fax Melinda
Disabilities [Act] [1]
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- Kennedy to "Leaders," re: Disabilities Act; contains address and phone number. (partial) (2 pages) 10/10/98 P6/b(6) 002b. letter Dugan to Young, re: J effords/Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act!; contains personal medical information and phone
- Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Part II
- P5 002. email Sandra Yamin to Janet Murguia, Fredrickson, Chow, et. AI. re: Work Incentives Improvement Act (partial) (1 page) I 06/04/99 P5 003. fax Melinda Haskins fax re: Draft Program Integrity and Administrative I Reforms (l page) 04/20/99
- that resulted from the balanced budget act of 1997. To give millions of people with disabilities a chance to experience the dignity of work without losing their health care, Congress must send me the Work Incentives Improvement Act. To give hard working
- it was necessary to sell the budget package to conservatives in the party. N }1 ·6. Health Care -- Kennedy-Jeffords Legislation: We proved unable to include the Work Incentives Improvement Act (Kennedy-Jeffords) in the final budget bill. This legislation, which
- several new investments (~, the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act), which we are OnSidering in the context of the budget process; we are fairly confident that the budget will 'n rporate enough of these recommendations to elicit a positive
- to the Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act this week. This leaves Senator Nickles as the primary barrier to bringing this measure to the full senate for a vote. Although Senator Nickles is pressuring Senator Lott not to bring, this bill
- to expand. 2. DISABILITY , .... '- .. " Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act Tax credit for people with disabilities No cost / included in passback Fundsfor Medicaid deinstitutionalization demonstration ($50 million) Rejected by OMB
- receiving Social Security Disability Insurance. We are supporting passage ofS.331, The Work Incentives Improvement Act and its very important companion Bill H.R.1180. These two Bills provide the full package of .benefits necessary to adequately address
- , and in the State of the Union, I asked Congress to free our fellow Americans from this unfair burden. The Work Incentive Improvement Act, sponsored by Senators Jeffords and Kennedy, Senators Roth and Moynihan, and a wide group of sponsors in both houses, from both
- - Work Incentives Improvement Act (Sen. Jeffords (R) VT and 77 cosponsors) The Administration strongly supports S. 331, in the form of the amendment in the nature of a substitute to be offered by Chairman Roth. Administration has a long-standing
Issues Updates 4-99 [1]
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- yesterday afternoon and the proposal is fully funded in the omnibus \ appropriations measure. The children's hospitals are thrilled with· this outcome and credit the First Lady for this success. Health Care: Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act
- Incentive Improvement Act, l.ast December. It was the last bill signing of the 20th century. (Applause.) But on this 10th Anniversary, ~ others have said, I want us to look ahead. In the midst of the longest economic expansion in hIstory, more Americans
- Allian:ee fonne"" Mentally III (NAMI), I am writing to thank you for your hard work in'pursuing passage ofthe Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1998 (S 1858) this 'year. NAMI is especially grateful for your persistence in attempting to attach this important
Budget Agreement 11/16/99
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- :'imes::!::Ie'gisiat·io~to providing relief for families suffering under the impact of Hurricane Floyd, to paying our f&l!JltN~dli~, to passing the Work Incentives Improvement Act so that people with disabilities can gain a job without losing their health
- access for people with disabilities who work; he enacted the “Ticket to Work” and “Work Incentives Improvement Act;” he directed federal agencies to implement plan for hiring people with disabilities; he sponsored a "Disability Mentoring Day;" he worked
- Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Part I
- Domestic Policy Council Cynthia Rice (Subject Files) OA/Box Number: 15431 FOLDER TITLE: Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Part I rx55 RESTRICTION CODES I'rcsidcntial Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204 (a)] Freedom of Information Act
- of the Task Force's initial recommendations, and here are but a few: • President Clinton signed the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, which will remove a cruel choice our law once presented to people with disabilities: You can return to work
- Disability-Work Incentives Improvement Act-T.A. to Hill-Text of Bill
- ; TABLE OF CONTENTS. ;\ 2 (a) SHORT TITLE.-rrhis Act may· be cited as the 3 "Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999". 4 (b) TABLE OF ¢OKTENTs.-The table of contents of 5 this Act is as follows( Sec. 1. Short title; table of &ontents. Sec. 2
- , which invests over $3 billion over five years, includes: (1) full funding of the Work Incentives Improvement Act which was recently introduced by Senators Jeffords, Kennedy, Roth and Moynihan; (2) a new $1,000 tax credit t9 help with work-related costs
- with significant disabilities cover the formal and informal costs that are associated with employment, such as specialized transportation and technology. Like the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, it would help ensure that people with disabilities
Health Care - FY 2000
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- for any serious consideration of proposals to raise Medicare's eligibility age. (Cost: $1.5 billion over 5 years, which would assist about 300,000 people). • Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. (Congressional proposal; not passed
Disability-New Ideas
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- across agencies, promote administrative efficiencies' or program efficiencies. or result in greater coordination of services for people with disabilities. Our four current themes: Youth, Civil Rights. Technolosy. and Work Incentive Improvement Act
- in Micro-Enterprise Act) include in either HR 10 or the CR (Sen. Kennedy) Admin support goals, but not a priority. Could fill gaps, but lots of overlap with existing programs. • Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act support either alone
Health Care - Uninsured
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- with an affordable insurance option. And the President continues to support policies like the Medicare buy in. smull business purchasing coalitions, and the Jerrords~ Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act that providc vulnerable options with new, affordable health
- , such as access to specialists, an independent s process, and remedies to make these rights real. I also will urge the Congress to pass the bipartisan Work Incentives Improvement Act, which , 40f8 10129/989:24 AM http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri
- Act for people with disabilities: Since 1998, the President has advocated for the passage of the bipartisan leffords-Kennedy-Roth Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act. Currently, people with disabilities often become ineligible for Medicaid
- ................................................................................. 10 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISABIUTY CLAIMS PROCESS ................................... 10 TICKET TO WORK AND WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 ......... 11 MANAGEMENT OF THE SSI PROGRAM ••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12
- holding up such an administrative solution is how (Q create a budget neutral plan whereby the savings resulting from early treatment offsets the initial costs of enrolling more people in the program. . Work Incentives Improvement Act This legislation
- from early treatment offsets the initial costs of enrolling more people in the program. Work Incentives Improvement Act This legislation includes grants to states to enact Medicaid buy-in programs so people with disabilities (including HIV/AIDS) can
- , promoting passage of the Patient's Bili of Rights, supporting the Work Incentive Improvement Act { (Jeffords-Kennedy) (to be announced fom1ally on January 13, 1999 as part of the FY 2000 budget initiative)}, protecting Medicare and Medicaid; sustaining
FY 2001 Budget [1]
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- election o Gore and Bradley have made coverage expansions their central issue Carry-Over Policies: . • Medicare buy-in for certain 55 to 65 year olds. • Completing Medicare in Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. The bill limited
- Incentives Improvement Act and our Medicare buyin proposal. - Implement BBA Medicare reforms in ways that increase new plan choices for beneficiaries, stop HMO withdrawals from program, reform Medigap, and cut down on fraud and abuse. At the same time
- of actions to enable people with disabilities to go to work. This package includes the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which gives people with disabilities the option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare when they return to wgrk; a tax credit
Issues Updates 4-99 [2]
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- of working families with an affordable insurance option. And the President continues to support policies like the Me~icare buy in, small business purchasing coalitions, and the Jeffords Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act that provide vulnerable options
Issues Updates 4-99 [3]
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- it done right. 4~ , Jeffords-Kelllnedy: This bill, the Work Incentives Improvement Act, is waiting for offsets , ~, ~~", and.House passage. is a good candidate to wrap into any year..end vehicle, like an ~'''" extenders· bilL "(Th.e: f~ster·c:tbill
Disabilities
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- , which invests over $2 billion over five years, includes: (1) full funding of the Work Incentives Improvement Act which will be introduced by Senators Jeffords, Kennedy, Roth, and Moynihan next week; (2) a new $1,000 tax credit to cover work-related costs
[11/12/1998]
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- (Secretary Herman, chair, and Tony Coehlo, vice chair) and formally announce his endorsement ofthe Kennedy-Jeffords Work Incentives Improvement Act -- the disability community's top health priority. The President could also possibly announce at this time new
[12/11/1998 – 12/14/1998]
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- will present the Vice President with its first report on Tuesday. The Task Force will recommend several new investments (~, the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act), which we are considering in the context of the budget process; we
[11/12/1998 – 11/16/1998]
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- . The President could meet with the Task Force (Secretary Herman, chair, and Tony Coehlo, vice chair) and formally announce his endorsement of the Kennedy-Jeffords Work Incentives Improvement Act -- the disability community's top health priority. The President
[12/15/1998 – 12/18/1998]
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- includes the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by providing them with the option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare, a tax credit for work-related expenses for people with disabilities
- ................................................................................ 10 PROGRAM SOLVENCy ................................................................................. 10 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISABILITY CLAIMS PROCESS ................................... 10 TICKET TO,WORK ANO WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT
- of successful rehahilitation, The passage on December 17, 19990fThe Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (TWWIIA) represents, '". ,not just a new law, but u new mission for SSk,,2 This hl'w represents both a signlficant addition t~ the mission
- that the Administration has proposed to improve economic opportunities for people with disabilities, such as: • Including the Work Incentives Improvement Act in the President's budget. Health care- particularly prescription drugs and personal assistance -- is essential
FY 2001 Budget [2]
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- million overS years) DISABILITY Extending Medicare for people with disabilities. In the compromise on the Work Incentives Improvement Act, its Medicare benefit was limited to an additional 4 and half years. The policy in our budget last year was unlimited
- ,to individuals with mental illness, and advance biomedical research with a historic investment of $2,3 billion, ¥ Passing tbe landmark 'Work Incentives Improvement Act for people witb disabilities: Since 1998, the President has advocated for the passage
- Jeffords-Kennedy [Work Incentives Improvement Act] [5]
- December 9, 1999 BILL SIGNING CEREMONY WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT FDR Memorial December 17, 1999 ) AMERICA'S MILLENNIUM OPENING CEREMONY Washington, DC December 31, 1999 2 ' . Terry Edmonds 09/17/99 12:26:42 PM Record Type: To: Record Samir
[10/14/1998 – 11/06/1998]
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- agenda. Health Care -- Kennedy-Jeffords Legislation: Despite our efforts, the Work Incentives Improvement Act (Kennedy-Jeffords) did not make into the final Omnibus budget appropriations bilL This bipartisan legislation, that you endorsed
- year's Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act by ensuring that families do not have to choose between work and health care for their children. The Family Opportunity Act has the bipartisan support of 78 Senators and 140 Members of the House
[10/16/1998 – 10/19/1998]
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- efforts, the Work Incentives Improvement Act (Kennedy-Jeffords) did not make into the final Omnibus budget appropriations bill. This bipartisan legislation, that you endorsed at the commemoration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) last July
[09/17/1998]
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- : Within the next week, we will know whether the Senate can agree to bring the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act -- the disability community's top health priority -- to the floor for a vote. If it does, because of our summer-long work to help
[06/16/1999]
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- HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary June 16, 1999 For Immediate Release DRAFT: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Nearly a year ago, I committed to working with Senators' Jeffords and Kennedy to pass the Work Incentives Improvement Act. In January, in my
- early treatment offsets the initial costs of enrolling more people in the program. a Work Incentives Improvement Act This legislation includes grants to states to enact Medicaid buy-in programs so people with disabilities' (including HIV/AIDS) can
[12/10/1998 – 12/11/1998]
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- with Disabilities will present the Vice President with its first report on Tuesday. The Task Force will recommend several new investments (ll, the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act), which we are considering in the context of the budget process; we
AIDS-General [1]
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- in AlDSspecific programs--over $162 million--as well as several special initiatives that will be critical to addressing the ongoing needs of those living with HIV/AIDS," said Thurman. "These include support for the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act
New Ideas [Folder 1] [1]
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- this ban, allowing qualified immigrant children to receive the important health care offered by Medicaid and CHIP. Coverage for Working Adults Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. This initiative has three major components: a Medicaid buy
- of SSA's 'ticket to independence" proposal are now incorporated:n the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, pending before Congress, i. In addition to giving incentives for thIrd-party providers to serve beneficiaries and get them placed in employment
- with disabilities (Public Law 106~170; 12J11199~, The President enacted and implemented the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act that created important new health insurance options for people with disabilities, It allows states to offer a Medicaid buy
Event - Ideas
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- toward institutionalizing the chronically ill. ~hether the Senate will vote on the Jeffords*Kennerly Work Incentives Improvement Act -- the ~ disability community's (OP health priority -- this year, If the bill does come to a vote, we could "\ do
[11/06/1998 – 11/10/1998]
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- Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by giving them an option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare, at a cost of about $1.2 billion over 5 years; (2) a tax credit of$l,OOO to $5,000 for working people
[09/17/1998 – 09/18/1998]
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- Benefit plan. OPM estimates that 300,000 people would buy these policies. Work Incentives and Health Care for People with Disabilities. Within the next week, we will know whether the Senate can agree to bring the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives
- inspection system. (DPC) 11. Disability - Health. A health-related disabilities package could include: ( 1) the JeffordsKennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by giving them an option to buy
- million SSDI beneficiaries and SSl recipients leave the disability rolls each year because of successfulrchabilitation. The passage on December 17, 1999 of The Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (T\VWBA) represents, .... ,not just a ncw law
- that would finally end the senseless system that says to people with disabilities: If you want to work, you have to give up your health insurance. Now it is time for the Speaker to schedule a vote on the Work Incentive Improvement Act in the House, which
[12/11/1998 – 12/15/1998]
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- with disabilities at Tuesday's meeting. This report lays a solid foundation for a number of disability initiatives that are likely to be included in this year's budget, including funding for the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. Health Care
- as a productive citizen, having him out there as a role model, having people see what people can do if given the chance to live up to their God-given abilities? This is foolish. It is time to schedule a vote on the work incentive improvement act in the House
Cabinet Briefing 9/15/99
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- -Kennedy-RothMoynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act would enable individuals with disabilities to go to work without losing their eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid. This legislation passed the Senate by a unanimous vote, and presently has bipartisan
[12/17/1998 – 12/21/1998]
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- a range of issues, including his health priorities. He will thank you for your advocacy for a strong Patients Bill of Rights as well as for your positive remarks on behalf of the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. Beyond indicating that he
- in discretionary funds in FY 2001, ~nd $700 miHion in mandatory funds over 5 years): By enabling people with disabilities to work and keep their health care, the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 will give individuals with dis'abilities
- administered funds will increase from 6.6 million to 7.3 million In addition, new workloads such as those associated with the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 will require a greater portion ofSSA resources to assist beneficiaries wah
- to' fruition and moving the ~ederal goverr.ment into a leadership role in e~ploying adults with disabilities. We also commend you for your continued comrnitment to pass~ng a strong Work Incentives Improvement Act this year, a:ld far your release of the two OPM
- for the Pre-Service Teacher Training in Technology initiative; and $30 million for a new Middle School Teacher Training initiative. • Removing Barriers to Work For People With Disabilities: 1) full funding of the Work Incentives Improvement Act which
- . New Work Incentives Initiative for People with Disabilities The President could announce a set of actions to enable people with disabilities to go to work. This package includes the Jeffords-Kennerly Work Incentives Improvement Act, which gives people
[06/06/1999 – 06/08/1999]
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- as employees with other disabilities. Working to Enact the Work Incentives Improvement Act (WIIA). The Work Incentives Improvement Act is an historic, bipartisan bill which removes significant barriers to work for people with disabilities, including psychiatric
- • , , " .... .. . ',' " • '. : •• ; "I .~ .. " , ' . "','. • ' , ' ., I' ' :,', ' ....' •• , •••• • I , , ,. . '/' iI ! , 202' 456 5561;# 3 . "~I.OJi:I . PRELIMINA!tY CBO ANALYSIS OF S. 18~, ' THE WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF' 1998 S. t 858 would
[01/19/1999]
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- often limit their ability to work. The PresidentO!,s ARMS Email System Page 23 of 43 budget proposes a historic new $2 billion initiative that removes significant barriers to work for people with disabilities. It includes the Work Incentives
[05/28/1999 – 06/03/1999]
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- Improvement Act is set to pass the Senate: On Thursday evening, the Senate leadership agreed to schedule a vote on the final passage of the Work Incentives Improvement Act. Although Senator Gramm (R-TX) has objected to proceeding because of concerns about some
New Ideas [Folder 1] [3]
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- such as this would be minimally necessary for any serious consideration of proposals to raise Medicare's eligibility age. (Cost: $1.5 billion over 5 years, which would assist about 300,000 people). • Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act (Congressional
Children's Health [3]
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- that 300,090 people would buy these policies. . ~hether 4,. {~ &_ UV 'X (/~ c;:' V"4 ~ '\~' ~ "" Work Incentives and Health Care for People with Disabilities: Within a week, we will know theiSenate vote on the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives
Budget [Binder]
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- essential patient protections, such as access to specialists, an independent appeals process, and remedies to make these rights real. I also will urge the Congress to pass the bipartisan Work Incentives Improvement Act, which provides workers
- -----~ - --------- ------------------------ Accomplishments at a Glance: EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Signing the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 Increasing the Substantial Gainful Activity Amount Directing Federal Agencies to Implement Plan for Hiring People with Disabilities
SOTU - Education, 1999
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- with Disabilities: In no1:omtJse on the Work Incentives Improvement Act, its Medicare benefit was to an additional4 and a half years. This policy postpones rather than eliminates disincentive to work, as Medicare provides the necessary coverage that is often
[11/14/1998 – 11/16/1998]
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- announce his endorsement of the Kennedy-Jeffords Work Incentives Improvement Act -- the disability community's top health priority. The President could also possibly announce at this time new budget proposals affecting people with disabilities, including
[12/15/1998 – 12/16/1998]
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- that provides for continued and enhanced access to programs that empower people with disabilities to work. This package includes the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by providing them
[03/03/1999] [2]
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- are likely sponsors and develop an outreach strategy to sign them up. C. Disability. I. Legislative Status: One issue that is gaining a great deal of bipartisan support, particularly in the Senate, is the Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives
- of Social Security. PROGRAM CHANGES • The Ticket 10 Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 expanded the availability of health cure coverage and greater work opportunities for working persons with disabilities. 51 • Released results
- Agency. • Developed a survey instrument to provide an objective measure of the level of public understanding of Socia) Security. PROGRAM CHA~GES • The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 expanded the availability of health
- Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The Act provides health insurance protection to the working disabled by giving States new options to allow workers with disabilities to buy into Medicaid. It extends Medicare coverage for an additional 4 Y2 years
[02/19/1999]
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- , is the Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act. The Senate has already held hearings on this legislation and is planning a March 4 markup. It is apparent that there are many Republicans and Democrats who are interested in this legislation
OVP - Mrs. Gore's Record
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- . This authori:y win allow adults With ps},(:hiatric disabilities the same opportunity for conversion into the competitive civil service as employees with other disabilities. Wo.rking to Enact the Wo.rk Incentives Improvement Act (WllA). The Work Incentives
Long Term Care [6]
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- /MoynihanJRoth Work Incentives Improvement Act, which provides incentives for states to allow disabled workers to buy into the Medicaid program and permits continue Medicare eligibility. * $700 million $!,OOO tax credit for Work-Related Expenses. * $1.2
- do it. Thank you. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 15,1999 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. 4:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: That was a speech of a man who
[12/01/1998]
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- , and continue the development of and support for new legislation aimed at expanding access to needed health care coverage and services. We will continue to support legislation similar to the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which would enable
Health Reform-Budget [1]
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- proposals: (1) providing Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for legal immigrant children (who had been excluded under welfare reform); (2) the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act that allows states to cover workers with disabilities regardless
AIDS [4]
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- to HIV -positive people earlier in the course of their disease, helping them live longer, healthier lives. . , . j . " , , i Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1,99 (TWWIIA) On October 25, 1999 HHS announced two new initiatives
- is offered (~, assisted living facilities). (DPCINEC) 2. Disability Proposals. A health-related disabilities package could include: (1) the Jcffords Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by giving
- the Work Incentives Improvement Act. I know Sens. Roth, Moynihan, Jeffords, and Kennedy are working with you, Sen. Gramm, to get this done. And I know with your help we can finally end the senseless system that forces people with disabilities to choose
- disabilities package which could include: (1) The Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, enabling people with disabilities to go back to work by giving them an option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare ($1.2B/5 years); (2) Promoting
[11/11/1998 – 11/30/1998]
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- include: (1) the JeffordsKennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act, which enables people with disabilities to go back to work by giving them an option to buy into Medicaid and Medicare, at a cost of about $1.2 billion over 5 years; (2) a proposal, costing
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- will reach out to these members. C. Jeffords-Kennedy. I. Legislative Status: One issue gaining a great deal of bipartisan support, particularly in the Senate, is the Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement Act. The Senate has already held
[06/18/1999 – 01/10/2001]
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- a memo with a summary of the bill's final provisions. 2. Health Care -- Senate passes Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Legislation: On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously voted (99 to 0) to pass the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act. We
- into FEHBP. [very rough I preliminary] MEDICARE 1. Addressing arbitrary limit on Medicare coverage for people with disabilities. In the compromise on the Work Incentives Improvement Act, its Medicare benefit was limited to an additional4 and a half years
- to federal employees. OPM estimates that 300,000 people would buy these policies. Work Incentives and Health Care for People with Disabilities: within a week, we will know whether the Senate will vote on the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act
- are likely supporters, and we will reach out to these members. c. Jeffords-Kennedy. I. Legislative Status: One issue gaining a great deal of bipartisan support, particularly in the Senate, is the Jeffords-Kennedy-Roth-Moynihan Work Incentives Improvement
- list at the bottom of this message Records Management@EOP PLS LOOK AT THIS REVISED Re: Draft Statement on ADA Cases !NJ ~ dis 1007 ada statement. With the Work. Incentive Improvement Act heating up, we should finalize our answer on the ADA question
Poverty 99 Census Report [1]
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- to buy into Medicaid .. However, this doesn't go far enough. The Work Incentives Improvement Act, which was funded in the President's FY 2000 budget and has 12 See Robert Moffitt and Barbara Wolfe, "The Effect of the Medicaid Program on Welfare
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- . In 1997. the President created an option that would anow people with disabilities who have income below 250 percent of poverty to buy into Medicaid. However. we believe this doesn't go far enough. The Work Incentives Improvement Act, which was funded
