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| Program Provides More Choice for Medicaid |
| (Spartanburg-AP) -- South Carolina senior
citizens and disabled residents will have more choice in deciding
how their Medicaid money is spent. Governor Mark Sanford went to a Spartanburg nursing home Wednesday to announce the pilot program "S.C. Choice." People in the community long-term care program of the Department of Health and Human Services will be able to change the way their Medicaid money is used. They have had to go through a state-approved agency if they needed at-home health care. The new program will allow them to use the money to have a friend, neighbor or relative care for them for the hours they need. Sanford says the program will improve the quality of life for senior citizens. South Carolina is the first state to get federal approval for the program. |