Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults With Mental Illness And Other Disabilities


 

Publication Date: March 2008

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Judith Solomon

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Economic projections; Federal budget; Health care costs; Health insurance

Type: Report

Abstract:

On August 13, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed regulation that would eliminate federal Medicaid funding for important services provided to adults and children with disabilities (particularly those with mental illness), as well as other beneficiaries.  The rule would significantly limit states’ ability to provide rehabilitative services, including those designed to enable individuals with disabilities to improve their mental or physical capacities and remain out of an institution.