With support from a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services program called Children’s Special Health Care Services, Dehen applied for a waiver program for Medicaid. “We used money from his MiABLE account to buy him a swing that we could hang in a doorway of our house. And contributors who are Michigan residents can take a deduction of up to $5,000 ($10,000 for joint filers) on their Michigan income tax returns. When the Dehen family held a benefit to raise money for needed big-ticket items, they took what they raised and deposited it into Gabe’s MiABLE account. “Diapers are provided through Medicaid, but wipes are not, so we can use the MiABLE account to buy baby wipes or Tylenol if needed,” she says.

Source: MetroXpress August 16, 2021 20:29 UTC