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This morning, the U.S. House passed the Reconciliation bill on a party line vote.<\/p>\n
Beth Swedeen, Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Executive Director issued the following statement:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe disability community has been tireless and clear since January about what Medicaid cuts of this magnitude would mean to their health, their well-being, and their safety. Because they know Medicaid\u2019s requirements and hurdles so well, they know better than anyone that what are being called \u2018efficiencies\u2019 are instead a set of strategies that will cause people to lose Medicaid coverage, cut services, and weaken their health and long-term care. True Medicaid reform would listen to participant experience, but instead the disability community has<\/a> been shut out of policy discussions. Disability advocates will continue to try and work<\/a> with policymakers to strengthen Medicaid, not dismantle it.\u201d<\/p>\n The proposal would be the largest cut to Medicaid ever.<\/strong> The Congressional Budget Office released updated estimates<\/a> this week that calculate $790 B in Medicaid cuts with a 8 Million people projected to lose Medicaid coverage.<\/p>\n These numbers will increase.<\/strong> Last night the bill was amended to speed up when Medicaid “prove you’re working\/exempt” requirements go into effect sooner which will result in people losing Medicaid coverage, and in turn reduce Federal Medicaid spending.<\/p>\n