PMHC HCBS Funding Alert

From Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on a reconciliation package that includes tax and energy provisions in addition to drug pricing reforms and additional ACA subsidies.  As currently written, The legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – does not include funding for Medicaid HCBS. This is a narrowly crafted compromise approach and other things were also dropped.

Senate Democrats who have championed permanent Medicaid HCBS funding indicated to PMHC as recently as this week that the parameters of a reconciliation bill would be determined by Leader Schumer and Sen. Manchin.  It is unlikely that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will be modified to include HCBS funding.  However, PMHC weighed in with Leader Schumer’s policy director in support of including Medicaid HCBS investments in the reconciliation bill.  We encourage PMHC members to use the VoterVoice grassroots campaign to urge Members of Congress to support these critical investments. 

The legislative text and summaries of the Inflation Reduction Act are available here.  The bill is expected to be considered by the Senate next week.  

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