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Trumbull County officials debate who should pay for wheelchair trips as transit ridership rises
Summary
County transit staff reported rising ridership and rising costs, and officials discussed whether Medicaid-managed-care plans, Job and Family Services or county programs should cover nonemergency wheelchair transport.
Trumbull County transit officials told the county commissioners that ridership has increased this year and that the county’s transit program is absorbing costs for wheelchair trips that staff said should be paid by Medicaid.
Transit director Mike Sale reported 27,983 trips through Aug. 31, an increase of 1,655 trips from a year earlier, and said the agency projects about 42,000 trips for the year. He told commissioners that about 70% of trips are for older adults and that wheelchair trips are a growing expense. “You consider if somebody’s in a wheelchair going to dialysis 3 days a week, that adds up,” Sale said.
County staff and Department of Job and…
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