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The MPPP provides financial help through Medicaid to assist in paying Medicare costs including premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance in amounts that vary depending on income and resources. 7. Sherlock Plan for Working Adults with Disabilities – The State’s program for working adults with disabilities age sixty-five (65) and older. The Sherlock Plan provides Medicaid health coverage and/or LTSS to persons with disabilities who are working. As set forth in greater detail in Subchapter 15, Part 1 of this Title, Sherlock beneficiaries age sixty-five (65) or older in this group may have countable income at or below two- hundred fifty percent (250%) of the FPL and resources less than or equal to $10,000 for an individual and $20,000 for a couple. 8. Ticket to Work Plan for Working Adults with Disabilities – The State’s program for working adults with disabilities ages sixteen (16) to sixty-four (64). The Ticket to Work Plan provides Medicaid health coverage and/or LTSS to persons with disabilities who are working. As set forth in greater detail in Subchapter 15, Part 1 of this Title, Ticket to Work beneficiaries are not required to meet an income or resource standard in order to qualify for coverage. 9. IHCC Medicaid LTSS -- Consists of new applicants seeking Medicaid- funded LTSS and current IHCC group beneficiaries who develop a continuous need for the level of care typically provided in an institution (hospital, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for person with intellectual disabilities). Beneficiaries eligible in the MACC groups who require LTSS are not subject to the SSI methodology; LTSS eligibility based on the SSI methodology and more generally is located in Chapter 50 of this Title. 1.6 IHCC Special Coverage Groups A. The IHCC category also includes members of the special coverage groups below who are subject to unique eligibility requirements waiving some or all facets of the SSI methodology due to specific conditions, circumstances, or characteristics. 1. Low-income, uninsured people with breast or cervical cancer – Medicaid coverage group for uninsured people under age sixty-five (65) who are screened under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and are found to need treatment for breast or cervical cancer or for precancerous conditions of the breast or cervix. 2. Refugee Medicaid Assistance (RMA) – Federally mandated coverage group for individuals and families operating under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee