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 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.
>
