House Passes Ending Tax Rebate for Renting Seniors, Giving to Home Care
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House Passes Ending Tax Rebate for Renting Seniors, Giving to Home Care

Date: March 16, 2017
By: Jack Morrisroe
State Capitol Bureau
Links: HCB 3

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A tax credit for elderly and disabled renters would be cut to fund Medicaid home care for seniors under a House approved bill.
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Wrap: Republican Representative Donna Lichtenegger said the prescriptions paid for by in-home care funds are worth more than a tax credit.

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Description: Because the drugs are costing them much more than the five-hundred or whatever dollars it costs.

Democrats said the measure would hurt one of the state's most vulnerable populations, the elderly and disabled.

The bill would cut a tax credit for senior and disabled renters to fund in-home and nursing care for those same groups. Governor Greitens cut the in-home care in his budget proposal.

The measure passed with eighty-five votes yes and seventy-two no.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.

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Democrats said House Republicans' plan to cut tax breaks for the elderly and disabled hurts one of Missouri's most vulnerable populations.
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Wrap: The approved measure would use the available funds to support in-home and nursing home care for seniors and the disabled. That care was cut in the governor's budget plan.

Republican Representative Bill White said he could not support a bill that would take away seniors' independence.

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Description: This is the difference between them getting to stay independent in a place where they're not living in a home where they're sharing a room with somebody they don't know.

Most Republicans said the measure is necessary to keep funding for in-home care for the forseeable future.

The bill passed with eighty-five yes votes and seventy-two no.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.