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Medicaid Transit Passes

Medicaid Transit Passes. Spring Conference 2007 Charles Dickson, Community Transportation Association of America. “State to Offer Free T Passes to as many as 146,000 on Medicaid”. Headline in “The Boston Globe” April 22, 2005. Issues in Medicaid Passes. Legal and Regulatory Jurisdictional

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Medicaid Transit Passes

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  1. Medicaid Transit Passes Spring Conference 2007 Charles Dickson, Community Transportation Association of America

  2. “State to Offer Free T Passes to as many as 146,000 on Medicaid” Headline in “The Boston Globe” April 22, 2005

  3. Issues in Medicaid Passes • Legal and Regulatory • Jurisdictional • Financial • Operational

  4. Bus Pass Programs • Portland, Oregon • Utah Transit Authority • Miami-Dade • SEPTA

  5. Portland • Bus Passes one of many options • Tri-Met is the single point of entry • Estimated Savings of $2.6 million per year

  6. Utah Transit Authority • Serves Salt Lake City • Issues about 12,000 passes/month • Costs about $525,000 annually

  7. Miami-Dade • Began in 1993 • Averages about 4,800 users/month • Has saved more than $20 million while providing $5million in revenue to transit

  8. Philadelphia • 5 million Medicaid trips in Pennsylvania – half in Philadelphia • Bus Passes and tokens provide frequent trips to recurring appointments • About 1,500 passes distributed/month – saving about $3 million per year

  9. Conclusions • Passes work in limited situations • If 1% of medicaid eligible trips were made on transit savings would be upwards of $200 million per year • More research is needed

  10. Where to Get More Information • www.ctaa.org/ntrc/is_medical.asp • www.unitedweride.gov

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