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Panel urges removal of 65‑year age cap for Maryland’s Employed Individuals with Disabilities Medicaid buy‑in
Summary
Vice Chair Bonnie Collison asked the committee to remove the 65‑year age cap from Maryland’s Employed Individuals with Disabilities Medicaid buy‑in program, arguing the change would let older workers keep critical waiver services and could save the state money by avoiding institutional care.
Vice Chair Bonnie Collison asked the House Health and Government Operations Committee on behalf of the bill sponsor to remove the 65‑year age cap for Maryland’s Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) Medicaid buy‑in program.
The bill would allow people older than 65 who meet the EID criteria to remain enrolled. “The bill before you today is simply eliminating that 65 years of age cap,” Collison told the committee, saying she hoped the change would let people “continue working and be contributing members to our society.”
Nut graf: Sponsors and advocates said the change would preserve essential waiver services that allow participants to work, and that including older enrollees could draw federal matching funds. They acknowledged cost concerns in Department of Health (MDH) modeling and in the fiscal note but argued…
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