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“State Medicaid programs should have to cover home and community-based services for people who qualify and choose them, using federal standards for covered services and for who qualifies based on care needs and income.”
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“Federal agencies should create common ways to measure HCBS access, quality, satisfaction, and outcomes, and states should report and publish the results each year, including breakdowns that show whether different groups experience different results.”
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“Each state should have an independent office, separate from Medicaid agencies and managed care plans, that helps people with Medicaid home and community-based service problems and identifies repeated problems in the system.”
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“Every state Medicaid program should have to cover home- and community-based services for eligible people who need help with daily life, including broader income eligibility, coverage without capped waiver slots, and a shift away from many current HCBS waivers after a transition period.”
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“Medicaid should help more people receive long-term care at home or in community settings by keeping spouse financial protections in place and permanently funding a program that helps some people move out of institutions when community care is appropriate.”
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“States and HHS should track how extra Medicaid HCBS money is used, check that required data is reliable, report what was funded and who was served, have an outside reviewer study the results, share findings publicly in accessible formats, and collect the information without the usual federal paperwork review.”
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“States should have to spend the extra Medicaid home and community-based services money by September 30, 2029, and use it to improve or expand services instead of replacing money they already spend.”
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