Clinton Proposal Aims at Returning Disabled Workers to Jobs

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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On January 13, 1999, President Clinton proposed a new tax credit and health insurance coverage which would help people with disabilities return to work. Key congressional leaders from both parties have endorsed major elements of the proposal which would cost $2 billion over the next five years. Its centerpiece would be a bill to allow many disabled persons to retain their health benefits when they return to work. Under current law, the disabled risk losing Medicaid and Medicare coverage . . .