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The Children's Medicaid Defense Project is seeking to establish a family action network to help with responding to issues that may come up with pending Medicaid cuts and to educate policymakers and other stakeholders on how essential Medicaid is to supporting wellness and family life for children with developmental disabilities and/or complex medical needs.
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For Family Members of Children with Developmental Disabilities and/or Complex Medical Needs
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IMPACT ALERT!!
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND HEALTHCARE
On October 1, the federal government is set to shut down many of its operations due to the failure of Congress to pass a budget bill. The impasse is a result of a profoundly important dispute over the funding of healthcare. Republicans recently voted to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicaid Program, to end eligibility for many, and to end federal subsidies that currently make healthcare affordable for low- and middle-income families through the Healthcare Marketplace (Obamacare). Democrats are insisting that these programs be reinstated and funding be provided for them in any new budget. To learn more, click here.
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IMPACT ALERT!!!
FEDERAL CUTS TO HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDIES MAY IMPAIR CHILDREN’S ACCESS TO CAREGIVERS
Getting and keeping qualified caregivers is critical to keeping children with developmental and medical disabilities in a family home rather than an institution. Health insurance is critical to recruiting and keeping those caregivers. For many caregivers, their only option for health insurance is through the “Marketplace,” also known as Pennie or the Affordable Care Act/“Obamacare.” To make the premiums for health insurance under marketplace health plans affordable, the Affordable Care Act provides subsidies for the cost of those premiums for individuals with incomes below a certain level. However, one of the many changes in the recent federal budget act (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act or “OBBBA”) is the reduction of some of those premium subsidies. Discussions are currently underway in Congress as part of the federal budget negotiations to restore those cuts to the marketplace insurance premium subsidies. To learn more, click here.
For more on the impact of expiring enhanced premium tax credits on ACA marketplace premiums, click here for an article from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).