Medicaid Resource Center

The budget reconciliation bill that passed the U.S. House of Representative on May 22 contains language that will have an impact on people with disabilities and disability services.

There are multiple Medicaid provisions in the House's budget reconciliation bill that will impact I/DD services. We've pulled together a topline summary for you.

A beginner's guide to reconciliation, including a helpful graphic spelling out the process, courtesy of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

CBO has estimated budgetary effects of the reconciliation bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The billions of dollars in proposed #Medicaid cuts in the House and Senate budget reconciliation bills will massively cut federal funding to states.

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

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In response to the text released before the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee’s markup of its budget legislation, ANCOR released the following statement...

The House voted to approve the passage of the FY 2025 budget resolution, which would direct the House Energy and Commerce Committee to make cuts of at least $880 billion—extreme cuts that would predominantly target the federal Medicaid program. In response to the vote, ANCOR released the following statement...

Reductions to Medicaid funding will harm people with disabilities. If Congress truly intends to protect Medicaid services for people with disabilities, it cannot support reductions in Medicaid funding.

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.

Medicaid work requirements not only waste millions of dollars on expensive tracking systems and overhead costs, but they are extremely burdensome for beneficiaries to navigate and for states to administer.

State taxes on providers are federally permissible health care-related taxes that are vetted through federal statute and regulation, allowed only under specific conditions, and serve as a crucial source of Medicaid funding for states.

[From KFF] The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest cost estimate shows that the Senate bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion and increase the number of uninsured people by 11.8 million.

[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 Manatt Health] This toolkit for states estimates the state-by-state impact over the next 10 years of most of the major provisions in the bill.

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

[From Milbank Memorial Fund] There is a mountain of evidence showing that the vast majority of working-age adults (aged 18-64) insured through Medicaid are either working, caring for family members, or exempt because of health issues.

[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 Health Affairs] Medicaid cuts, if enacted, will have devastating effects on the most vulnerable populations who will experience loss of coverage, cuts to their benefits, and lower quality of care.

[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 State Health & Value Strategies] In this rapidly evolving policy environment, it is crucial to monitor potential impacts of proposed changes and cuts to Medicaid. Many states have indicated that they plan to update their analyses as specific bill language and/or more policy details become available.

[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.