Congress offers new plan for Medicaid cuts, raising fresh concerns among HCBS advocates
05/14/25 at 02:00 AM
Congress offers new plan for Medicaid cuts, raising fresh concerns among HCBS advocates
McKnights Home Care; by Adam Healy; 5/13/25
House Republicans on Sunday [5/11] introduced a new budget reconciliation that outlines exactly how Medicaid cuts could take shape. Home- and community-based services advocates quickly spoke out in opposition to the bill. [Various leaders responded.]
- “The policies in the bill represent dangerous cuts to Medicaid,” Katie Smith Sloan, president and chief executive officer of LeadingAge, said Monday [5/12] in a statement. ...
- The Congressional Budget Office last week estimated that these kinds of changes to the Medicaid program could wipe away coverage for millions of Americans. ...
- Lawmakers are split — mainly down party lines — regarding the budget bill. ...
- “The truth is somewhere in the middle,” Damon Terzaghi, senior director of Medicaid advocacy at the National Alliance for Care at Home ...