New Medicaid Rules Would Limit Care for Children in Foster Care and People with Disabilities in Ways Congress Did Not Intend


 

Publication Date: February 2008

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

Author(s): Judith Solomon

Research Area: Banking and finance; Social conditions

Keywords: Economic projections; Federal budget; Economic inequality

Type: Report

Abstract:

CMS claims the new rules are necessary to implement changes Congress made in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).  In fact, the rules go well beyond what Congress intended in the DRA and would have a detrimental impact on beneficiaries, particularly poor children in foster care and poor individuals with physical or mental disabilities or other chronic health conditions.