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You applied for a Medicaid Home and Community-Based...Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver six months ago,...on a waiting list. What HCBS Waivers Cover and Why...Why the Wait Exists. Medicaid HCBS waivers fund services...Wait Exists. Medicaid HCBS waivers fund services...700,000 people are on HCBS waiting or interest lists...

...and what to do next. What Triggers a Cut Notice. Medicaid cuts to home and community-based services (HCBS)...Medicaid cuts to home and community-based services (HCBS) can come from state budget decisions or from managed...managed care organizations (MCOs) that administer Medicaid in many states. The notice may say your child's...

...people are on Medicaid Home and Community-Based...Services (HCBS) waiting lists...the 2026 Medicaid cuts took...time federal Medicaid funding dropped...D.C. cut HCBS spending....positioned. HCBS waivers allow...care, which Medicaid is required...to cover, HCBS is an optional...pressure, HCBS is often the...cut. Why HCBS Gets Cut First....law, but HCBS funding is...provide. That's HCBS. The "One...

...administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is using fraud investigations...using fraud investigations to freeze Medicaid funding that pays for home and community-based...Healthcare), uses AI algorithms to flag HCBS spending growth as a potential fraud...intended. Here's what families relying on HCBS need to know about what's happening,...

...federal requirement to fund Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services...Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers could fall. States...with $665 billion in federal Medicaid cuts over ten years (from H.R....H.R. 1/OBBBA), state-level HCBS cuts in Idaho, Maryland, and...discriminate based on disability. Medicaid receives federal funds. That's...

...you think independence should look like or what other families are doing. Here's the full continuum, how to assess which level makes sense, and how Medicaid funding works for each option. What the Housing Continuum Looks Like. Every option on the continuum exists because different people need different...

You earn too much for Medicaid. Your employer offers...families fall through. Medicaid is the only source of...the state's standard Medicaid threshold. That assumption...who would qualify for Medicaid if they were in an institution...as the TEFRA option or Medicaid for the Medically Needy....they may qualify for Medicaid based on their own income...

...wheelchair ramp your family needs costs $4,000. The bathroom remodel to make it accessible costs another $8,000. You own your home, you're rural, and Medicaid doesn't cover construction. You're looking at financing options you can't afford, or not making the changes at all. There's a federal program most...

...It Serves. The Developmental Disabilities Administration runs Maryland's Medicaid waiver programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities....residential support, day programs, job coaching, and respite care. Unlike other Medicaid programs, waivers are not entitlements. States control enrollment and funding....

...question surfaces: will this count against SSI's $2,000 resource limit? Will Medicaid see it as income? The answer is no on both counts, with specific protections...entirely. If the account balance exceeds $100,000, SSI gets suspended but Medicaid eligibility continues. The key word is suspended, not terminated. Once...

...19-15 vote, sending $21.8 million in Medicaid disability service cuts to Governor...operating costs, providers stop accepting Medicaid patients. Governor Little has 5 days...Cuts. The bill reduces how much Idaho Medicaid pays providers for residential habilitation...providers will stop accepting new Medicaid patients. Others will close entirely....

...your child is between 26 and 45 and became disabled during that window, they can now use ABLE for tax-advantaged savings without affecting SSI or Medicaid eligibility. Change 2: Food Rule Elimination (September 2024). The Social Security Administration eliminated the "in-kind support and maintenance"...