Please note that they will be hosting a webinar tomorrow morning at 11:00.
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Over 6 million older Americans rely on Medicaid, and proposed changes to Medicaid funding that Congress could begin work on as early as next week could leave many older adults unable to visit their doctors, receive life-saving preventive care, or get the help they need to age at home and in their communities safely and in dignity. Be prepared and join us on Tuesday, March 7 for a free webinar to learn about how Medicaid caps would affect the older adults you serve, and discuss advocacy strategies to protect this lifeline program. Register here, and read more on our health care defense webpage.
With many versions of potential ACA replacement and Medicaid changes floating around DC, no consensus has emerged. Here's what we are watching in Washington this week:
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Budget Bills Likely To Include Medicaid Funding Caps, Cuts; GOP Congress and Governors Can't Agree On a Proposal
The House is expected to mark up budget bills in committee next week to repeal and replace the ACA and to cap Medicaid funding. Last week, an older draft of a GOP Congressional leadership health care bill was leaked, and today, details from a more current draft were released. Both are consistent with previous proposals that cut Medicaid funding to states through block grants or per-capita allotments and repeal Medicaid expansion. As presented to the National Governor's Association last week (and leaked to the press), current GOP proposals for Medicaid caps and ACA changes would result in millions of people losing coverage and a large cost-shifting to states. Republican Governors are working on their own Medicaid reform proposal as well, and no consensus has been reached. |
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100 National Groups Tell Congress, Reject Cuts and Caps to Medicaid
Today, Justice in Aging joined the Medicare Rights Center, the Center for Medicare Advocacy, and 97 other national organizations to send a letter to Congressional leadership expressing grave concerns with proposals that would radically change Medicaid. Read the full letter. |
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Voices for Medicare Summit
The Center for Medicare Advocacy's fourth annual National Voices of Medicare Summit & Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture is taking place on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC. Register here to join experts and advocates discussing best practices, challenges and successes in efforts to improve health care, long-term services and supports, and quality of life for older people and people with disabilities. The event will highlight the real stories and voices of Medicare beneficiaries and their families. Senator Sherrod Brown will be this year's Sen. Jay Rockefeller Lecturer. |
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CMS Leadership Taking Shape
On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee approved the nomination of Seema Verma to be CMS Administrator along party lines. The Senate is expected to vote to confirm Verma next week. Brian Neale, who served as health care policy director when Vice President Pence was Governor of Indiana, has been appointed as the Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS). |
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Posted on behalf of Barbara Finch, Children and Adult Network Director
Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services
Posted on behalf of Barbara Finch, Children and Adult Network Director