Home-based Care Left Out of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

President Joe Biden has been making negotiations to get his
massive infrastructure plan over the finish line. Some funding
related to health care that was originally in the plan ended up
on the cutting room floor.


In particular, $400 billion in federal Medicaid funding for home
and community-based long term care services were removed from the
plan. The earmarked funds for Medicaid still could be passed
through a budget reconciliation act but that remains to be seen.
This has implications for the health and well-being of many
Americans including low-income individuals 65 and older, people
with disabilities, and home-based care workers.


Listen to Health Affairs' Senior Editors Ellen Bayer and Jessica
Bylander go beyond recent headlines on President Biden's
infrastructure plan and discuss important provisions to improve
home-based care.


Order your copy of the July 2021 issue of Health Affairs.


Related Links:


Biden's Pledge To Boost Home Caregiver Funding Excluded From
Infrastructure Deal (CNBC)

Making Care Work Pay: How A Living Wage For LTSS Workers
Benefits All (Health Affairs Blog)

Home And Community-Based Workforce For Patients With Serious
Illness Requires Support To Meet Growing Needs (Health Affairs)

Modernizing Long-Term Services And Supports And Valuing The
Caregiver Workforce (Health Affairs Blog)

Direct Care Workers In The United States: Key Facts (PHI)



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