Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services that Help Disabled People Live at Home

Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers who help him live at home instead of in a nursing home. Sam Walker, 35, has severe autism and other disabilities. He is deaf and cannot speak. Sometimes when he’s frustrated, he hits himself or others. Medicaid provides about $8,500 a month for health wo…

Medicaid is paying for more dental care. GOP cuts threaten to reverse the trend.

By Phil Galewitz �for KFF Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But ...