Forbes October 21, 2021
What would you do if the federal government gave you a chunk of $12 billion to spend on Medicaid home and community-based care for frail older adults and younger people with disabilities? That is a real question governors have been wrestling for months.
And we now are getting a good sense of the answer: Mostly, they will spend the windfall on one-time bonuses for home care workers.
When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan last March, it increased the federal contribution to Medicaid’s home and community based care program by 10 percent or about $12 billion. States have a few years to spend the money but must first get approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The...
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