HCBS for people with disabilities leaving incarceration: learn about Medicaid barriers, reentry challenges, and policy strategies to improve access and outcomes.
Learn how H.R. 1 reduces Medicaid retroactive eligibility starting in 2027, limiting coverage for past medical expenses and increasing risks for older adults.
Justice in Aging’s response to the CMS request for information warns that efforts to address fraud, waste, and abuse must not create harmful barriers to care, emphasizing the need to protect low-income older adults’ access to Medicare and Medicaid services.
H.R. 1 cuts over $1 trillion from Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the webinar teaches advocates how to engage in state budget and revenue discussions to protect services for older adults and people with disabilities.
Recent federal attacks on Medicaid HCBS for older adults and people with disabilities are being used to deflect attention from sweeping Medicaid cuts in H.R. 1, putting critical care and supports at risk.
States can help people keep their Medicaid coverage by reducing paperwork and allowing self-reporting of health conditions and caregiving responsibilities as work requirement exemptions. These steps prevent unnecessary coverage loss and help eligible people stay enrolled and access needed care.
Medicaid is a vital lifeline for millions of older adults because it makes Medicare affordable, fills gaps in coverage, pays for long-term care and essential services, and helps those under 65 with disabilities access health care.
