Working Healthy: The Kansas Medicaid Buy-In


Many people with disabilities want to work but worry that doing so could jeopardize their vital health and long term care coverage. Working Healthy offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to get or keep Medicaid coverage while on the job. Through Working Healthy people can earn more, save more, achieve their career goals, and still maintain their health coverage.

Working Healthy is a Medicaid program. To qualify for this program, a person must:

  • Have a disability determined by Social Security;
  • Be no younger than 16 and no older than 64;
  • Be employed;
  • Have total income of less than 300% of the Federal Poverty Level;
  • Not be receiving Home and Community Based Services;
  • Not be living in a nursing facility; and
  • Have resources that are less than $15,000.

More information about the Working Healthy program can be found at KDHE.

Working Healthy Publications Library

Newsletters

September, 2012: Working Healthy Final Issue

August, 2011: Working Healthy Volume 11, Number 1 

May, 2011: Working Healthy Volume 10, Number 4

February, 2011: Working Healthy Volume 10, Number 3

November, 2010: Working Healthy Volume 10, Number 2

August, 2010: Working Healthy Volume 10, Number 1

May, 2010: Working Healthy Volume 9, Number 4

February, 2010: Working Healthy Volume 9, Number 3

November, 2009: Working Healthy Volume 9, Number 2

August, 2009: Working Healthy Volume 9, Number 1

May, 2009: Working Healthy SPECIAL ISSUE

January, 2009: Working Healthy Volume 8, Number 3

October, 2008: Working Healthy Volume 8, Number 2 

July, 2008: Working Healthy Volume 8, Number 1

April, 2008: Working Healthy Volume 7, Number 4

January, 2008: Working Healthy Volume 7, Number 3 

October, 2007: Working Healthy Volume 7, Number 2

July, 2007: Working Healthy Volume 7, Number 1

April, 2007: Working Healthy Volume 6, Number 4

January, 2007: Working Healthy Volume 6, Number 3

October, 2006: Working Healthy Volume 6, Number 2

July, 2006: Working Healthy Volume 6, Number 1 

April, 2006: Working Healthy Volume 5, Number 4

January, 2006: Working Healthy Volume 5, Number 3 

October, 2005: Working Healthy Volume 5, Number 2 

July, 2005: Working Healthy Volume 5, Number 1 

April, 2005: Working Healthy Volume 4, Number 4 

January, 2005: Working Healthy Volume 4, Number 3 

October, 2004: Working Healthy Volume 4, Number 2 

July, 2004: Working Healthy Volume 4, Number 1 

April, 2004: Working Healthy Volume 3, Number 4 

October, 2003: Working Healthy Volume 3, Number 2

July, 2003: Working Healthy Volume 3, Number 1 

April, 2003: Working Healthy Volume 2, Number 4 

January, 2003: Working Healthy Volume 2, Number 3 

October, 2002: Working Healthy Volume 2, Number 2 

July, 2002: Working Healthy Volume 2, Number 1 

April, 2002: Working Healthy Volume 1, Number 4 

January, 2002: Working Healthy Volume 1, Number 3 

October, 2001: Working Healthy Volume 1, Number 2 

July, 2001: Working Healthy Volume 1, Number 1 

Other Publications

July, 2011: Working Healthy Data Chartbook: Kansas Medicaid Buy-in Research & Evaluation 2002-2010 (PDF available upon request)

July, 2010: Data Inventory on the Employment and Health of Kansans with Disabilities (PDF available upon request) 

January, 2010: Kansas Employment First Legislative Reception (PDF available upon request)

Policy Briefs

January, 2013: Kansas Medicaid Buy-In Participants Continue to Earn More and Cost Less 

September, 2010: Working Healthy Enrollees Report New and Persisting Challenges 

March, 2009: Working Healthy Participants: Earning More and Costing Less 

December, 2008: The Kansas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment 

March, 2008: Employment for Kansans with Disabilities 

August, 2007: Potential Response to SSDI Offsets

October, 2006: Impact of Medicare Part D 

August, 2005: Survey of Eligibility Workers 

November, 2004: Policy Issues Affecting Buy-Ins 

March, 2004: Finding Employment 

November, 2003: Reasons for Dis-enrollment

May, 2003: Differences Among Enrollees 

February, 2003: Early Enrollee Experiences 

October, 2002: Working Healthy Overview