Today my sweetheart/home health aid was told by my nurse 👨⚕️ that he is going to be getting a pay cut. He already gets bear minimum pay 💰 Unbelievable 🙆🏻♂️ 🤷♀️ 😤
"Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi > On Jul 12, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Dana Wray <daano...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >
