What The House Medicaid Bill Means For Older Adults And Their Families - Howard Gleckman
A House budget plan would slash Medicaid funding and put low-income family caregivers at risk of losing their own Medicaid| Howard Gleckman
Medicaid provides health coverage to 7.2 million low-income seniors who are also enrolled in Medicare. Medicaid also provides coverage to 4.8 million people with disabilities who are enrolled in Medicare. In total, 12 million people are "dually eligible" and enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare, composing more than 15% of all Medicaid enrollees. Individuals who are enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare, by federal statute, can be covered for both optional and mandatory categories.What Medi...| www.medicaid.gov
Deregulation has been a cornerstone of the Republican brand for decades. And the Trump Administration vows to cut government red tape wherever it finds it. Yet, House Republicans would use their just-passed budget bill to create reams of paperwork explicitly intended to block low- and moderate income households or immigrants from government assistance to which [...] The post The GOP Falls In Love With Red Tape To Force People Off Government Programs appeared first on Howard Gleckman.| Howard Gleckman
A House budget plan would slash Medicaid funding and put low-income family caregivers at risk of losing their own Medicaid| Howard Gleckman
