December 5, 2025
Under federal law, children enrolled in Medicaid, also known as Medical Assistance (MA), have a legal right to receive medically necessary services at no cost to their families. For children who have medical conditions, these services include nurses and aides who make it possible for them to live full lives with their families, friends, and loved ones in their homes, schools, and communities. Every year, across our Commonwealth, thousands of children with medical and developmental needs are determined, by their doctors and Medicaid-funded health plans, to need these home health services. Some have respiratory conditions requiring a tracheostomy and/or ventilator for breathing. Some have gastrointestinal conditions requiring feeding tubes. Others have conditions such as Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, severe asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, intellectual disability, and the list goes on. To learn more, click here.