KFF Health News (5/14, Chang ) reports, “Medicaid’s home and community-based services are designed to help people…who have disabilities and need help with everyday activities stay out of a nursing facility.” However, due to Medicaid “unwinding” following the pandemic, “people are losing benefits with little or no notice, getting bad advice when they call for information, and facing major disruptions in care while they wait for the issue to get sorted out, according to attorneys and advocates who are hearing from patients.” One nonprofit, the National Health Law Program, “has filed civil rights complaints with two federal agencies alleging discrimination against people with disabilities.”
Related Links:
— “Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Decried as Biased Against Disabled People,”Daniel Chang, KFF Health News, May 14, 2024