Results from New Hampshire's LIFE Account Feasibility Study and Implementation Plan

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Article Publication Date: 
2/24/2009
Summary: 
The three-year study examined relevant policy, program design, and cultural implications that may have an impact on enabling self-directed Medicaid beneficiaries to save money without losing benefits. Using extensive stakeholder engagement, six elements were studied: savings models; costs and benefits of self-direction; Federal tax policy; state policy context; participant needs; and an implementation plan.
Article Author: 
Davies, Tobey; Swack, Michael; Mendelsohn, Steven; Winchester, Michelle; Bates, Kathleen; Giroux, Reginald; Bezanson, Lee
Topics: 
Consumer/Participant Direction
Types/Tools: 
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers; Reports
Populations: 
N/A
Sources: 
Grantee produced
Southern New Hampshire University- Center for Community Economic Development & Disability and University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling; Real Choice Systems Change
States: 
All States/Territories; New Hampshire
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care; State/Agency Information; LIFE Accounts
savings; tax; taxes; Asset Accumulation; Asset Development; Self-Directed

Contact

Tobey Davies
Center for Community Economic Development & Disability
at Southern New Hampshire University
t.davies@snhu.edu

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51902