On July 27, 2007, by a vote of 24 to 17, the House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007. ... [The bill]
- Would direct the Commissioner of Social Security to provide MSP and LIS applications to individuals who apply for Medicare benefits with SSA. SSA would also be required to provide assistance to beneficiaries in completing these MSP applications, which would be forwarded to the State Medicaid Agency for processing. This provision would be effective January 1, 2009.
- Would increase allowable assets for Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) and the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program to $17,000 for an individual and $34,000 for a couple, in order to qualify for assistance with Medicare Part B and D costs. Would be effective January 2009, with limits increasing annually starting in 2010, by $1,000 per individual and $2,000 per couple. ...
- Would allow the Commissioner of Social Security to obtain certain adjusted gross income data including information on State, private or individual pensions and annuities from IRS to identify beneficiaries potentially eligible for the LIS, effective upon enactment.
Aug 4, 2007
More Work For Social Security Employees
From Social Security Legislative Bulletin 110-5:
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Why does Congress persist in piling more work on SSA without providing enough administrative funds to process the core workloads of administering the retirement, survivors and disability insurance programs and the Supplemental Security Income program? At the same time they will hold hearings trying to ascertain why the backlogs are growing at ODAR as well as in the field offices.
It helps when the head of the agency actually requests the funds.
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