Please call your Senators ASAP through the Congressional switchboard and
write them on their websites as this will stop Home and Community Based
Services. 866-922-4970
1) Capping Medicaid means states get a set amount per enrollee instead of
being reimbursed for the actual cost to care for that individual. 2) Under
a per capita cap, states will not receive extra federal funds to cover an
individual's increasing care -- due to deteriorating health or changes in a
chronic condition. 3) Capping Medicaid will result in optional home and
community-based services for people with disabilities being CUT, RESTRICTED
or ELIMINATED, according to the Congressional Budget Office. 4) Capping
Medicaid is a DRASTIC CUT and COST-SHIFT to states -- who are already
strapped for cash and will have to: CUT Medicaid Provider rates; RESTRICT
eligibility for essential Medicaid care and services; and/or ELIMINATE
optional home and community-based services -- such as home health,
attendance care, and out-patient therapies -- that are not required
services under Medicaid. 5) Further cuts to provider rates will further
RESTRICT AVAILABILITY or QUALITY of Medicaid services. Past provider cuts
have resulted in programs closing and services being restricted. 6) Health
care reform should DO NO HARM to people with disabilities. 7) Capping and
cutting Medicaid services -- as proposed in the Better Care Reconciliation
Act -- HURTS not HELPS individuals with disabilities.
