Comments on: Bipartisan call to protect IHSS from cuts

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By: Lupe

Lupe — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:09:57 +0000

IHSS providers often save taxpayers big bucks. For example, case in San Diego County, where parents of severely-autistic adult chose to keep their child at home, saving tax payers over $500,000 a year, since if he weren’t at home, he’d be at Fairview Developmental Center, where it was estismated it would cost approximately 1 million dollars a year to staff his extraordinary behavioral needs (he punches himself in the head with extreme force and often requires 2 to 3 staff to protect him). Not including the round the clock medical and behavioral analysis, treatment, adjustments to treatment, exercise therapy, nutritional managment, etc…that goes into complex cases of autism like this. Yes, indeed, this is precisely the type of case that IHSS helps save tax payers money. Is their fraud in IHSS? I’m sure there’s some, and those folks need to be weeded out and arrested for blowing it for others who truly need it. That said, Think long and hard about who and what you cut, because those like this case require protective supervision that would cost much, much more if it weren’t supplmented IN HOME. In fact, cases like this should be given much more support, as when they aren’t, the families give up, burn out or otherwise can’t handle the extraordinary care, and then the person costs the state 100 x more when they’re placed in group homes or state instituions requiring 2 staff 24 hours a day to handle them.

By: Dane

Dane — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:53:31 +0000

These benefits need to be protected and should be being expanded with dramatic cost of living increases for obvious reasons. If all these workers, who provide a much needed and valued service, not only to the disabled, blind and aged, but to society at large, lose 12% in proposed hours or jobs they are going to flood the skyrocketing unemployment rosters, adding MILLIONS IN EDD burdens and taking jobs needed by others. All the whilenthe costs of the STILL REQUIRED HEALTH CARE SERVICES skyrocket as well. Leave the poor and disabled alone, Brown and find your cuts ELSEWHERE!

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:45:46 +0000

So about 10% of Californians are enfeebled by age or disability. The 90% of us who are able can’t pitch in for a short time?

By: John W

John W — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:00:02 +0000

Anybody know if other states have comparable IHSS programs — in terms of population-adjusted caseload and spending?

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:02:19 +0000

Re: #2

Could you please rephrase your questions in English?

By: True Blue

True Blue — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:24:48 +0000

Or, is it true red? Seems that the demicrats now have two votes from the Reps for Brown’s Tax Increase.

By: Other

Other — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:14:03 +0000

We’re all waiting…well.

I postulate that the very republicans who vent against taxes actually have a larger cut of those who are in the need slice and a smaller slice of the “I pay the bills”.

Come on, where’s the banter, the lecturing? Where’s the “black and white”?

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Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:45:11 +0000

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