Medicaid Resource Center

Sample social media posts to support you in advocating for Medicaid community-based services.

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All the basics about home- and community-based services in just two minutes.

Get the answers to some of the questions we hear most frequently regarding how cuts to Medicaid will harm disability services.

Federal Medicaid cuts shift costs to states and harm disability services, forcing people with I/DD to struggle to meet their most basic needs.

These critical services help people with I/DD to live full and independent lives in their communities, but access is at risk.

A longstanding shortage of direct support professionals has led to closures of critically needed services and a denial of access to community.

[From KFF] State Medicaid fact sheets provide a snapshot with key data for Medicaid in every state related to current coverage, access and financing, as well as a politics section for each state.

[From Congressional Budget Office] The nonpartisan CBO illustrates how the House budget resolution would require significant cuts to the federal Medicaid program.

[From Association for Community Affiliated Plans] Understanding the number of Medicaid beneficiaries by congressional district across the United States.

[From Georgetown University] Analysis by the McCourt School of Public Policy illustrates why claims of widespread waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid are simply false.

[From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] Medicaid plays an enormous role in state economies as the single largest source of federal funding to almost every state, comprising two-thirds of all federal grants to states on average.

[From PHI] Medicaid is the largest payer for all long-term services and supports (LTSS) in the U.S., accounting for more than 44% of all LTSS expenditures.

[From Mathematica] National LTSS expenditures totaled $199.4 billion in FY 2020, with HCBS accounting for $124.6 billion and institutional services accounting for $74.8 billion.

[From PHI] Community providers, funded through Medicaid, are a top driver of job creation with the direct care workforce being the fastest-growing profession over the next decade.

[From Rockefeller Institute] A recent study of disability services in New York found that the economic impact of those services alone was double the investment made by the state into those services.

[From CMS] Investments in HCBS have produced long-term savings by enabling more individuals to be supported in less-costly settings by a margin of about 3:1.