Home Health Care News November 19, 2021
Andrew Donlan

The Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan – which includes an array of support for home-based care and senior services – took a significant step Friday.

A $1.9 trillion bill got the necessary amount of votes to make it through the U.S. House of Representatives. The next stop will be the Senate.

“Today’s historic vote of support for home care comes at a time when the country needs it more than ever,” National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A. Dombi said in a statement shared with Home Health Care News. “Health care at home is widely recognized as high value, high quality and highly preferred.”

Most notably, $150 billion will be dedicated to reducing waiting lists...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Regulations
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