The article from Health Leaders Media discusses the likely ramifications of proposed Medicaid cuts by Trump Republicans on nursing homes. The proposed cuts aim to reducing billions of dollars from Medicaid funding. Medicaid is the main payer for long term care including nursing homes. Medicare only covers short term medical expenses and rehabilitation for older Americans.
Skilled Nursing News reported that legislation was recently reintroduced to Congress for the third time last week in hopes of streamlining and improving outdated prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage (MA). This bipartisan bill, reintroduced by many lawmakers, including Representative Ami Bera (D-CA), continues to draw widespread backing and support from various lawmakers. The Improving
Recently, the House “narrowly passed” a Republican-backed bill that will significantly alter Medicaid and Medicare. Not in a good way. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates cuts of $500 billion from Medicare and $700 billion from Medicaid funding to the states over the next 10 years. People will die as a result of these cuts.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of Health and Human Services, has recently stated that people should not take medical advice from him, particularly concerning vaccines. This stance seems to be a departure from his previous public statements and actions.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over concerns that an $11 billion funding loss would severely impact nursing home residents and community health. A team of attorney generals, co-led by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, requested the judge to reinstate the funding, noting that the budget cuts were
In its 60 years, Medicaid has swelled from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance. It covers 72 million Americans, about one-fifth of the population. It pays for about half of all nursing care in the United States, and 40 percent of all births.
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