Congressional Action Urgently Needed to Preserve Seniors’ Access to Home Health

In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to cut Medicare’s home health benefit by an estimated $18 billion over the next decade – cuts that far exceed anything this community has previously experienced.  What is most troubling about these proposed cuts is that they seem to disregard the following facts: the demand for receiving care in the home is increasing, home health reduces overall Medicare spending, and healthcare delivery costs are mounting across-the-board.  

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