People with Disabilities Want More Choices in Care

From CQ Healthbeat News (January 16):

Disabled People Want More Choice in Types of Care
By Emily P. Walker, CQ Staff

Dozens of people with disabilities packed a House Energy and Commerce hearing room on Wednesday to support legislation that aims to give people with disabilities more choice about their care.

“Individuals with disabilities deserve care when and where they decide,” said Jan Schakowsky , D-Ill., a member of the Health subcommittee, which held the hearing on Medicaid’s role in caring for people with disabilities.

One bill, HR 1621, sponsored by Danny K. Davis , D-Ill., would mandate Medicaid coverage of community-based services. Currently Medicaid mandates that states cover nursing home care for people with disabilities, but makes coverage of community-based care optional...

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