Home Health Care News September 19, 2024
U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have set their sights on lifting age-based restrictions in the Medicaid buy-in program. Their proposed legislation has the potential to widen the addressable market for home care providers.
On Wednesday, the policymakers introduced the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-In Programs Act.
If enacted, the legislation would eliminate a restriction that blocks people living with disabilities from buying into Medicaid once they reach age 65.
Broadly, the Medicaid buy-in program offers long-term care services — that aren’t usually covered by employee insurance plans — for people with disabilities. The program allows states to cover workers with disabilities.
“People with disabilities who have health care coverage through Medicaid to provide for essential supports...
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