BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF REHAB AND HABILITATION On Tuesday, AAHD was pleased to co-sponsor a bi-partisan congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This briefing highlighted the impact of rehabilitation and habilitation services and therapies and the impact of prosthetics, orthotics, durable medical equipment, and other assistive devices. To learn […] Read More »
Archives for June 2017
Briefing Highlights Benefits of Rehab and Habilitation
Yesterday, the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) was pleased to co-sponsor a bi-partisan congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This briefing highlighted the impact of rehabilitation and habilitation services and therapies and the impact of prosthetics, orthotics, durable medical equipment, and other assistive devices. Speakers included Senator Tammy Duckworth […] Read More »
CCD Releases statement on the BCRA
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, a national disability coalition of which AAHD is a member, has released a statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for April 2017
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 2017. To read the report from CMS, click here. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website here. Read More »
June 23, 2017
SENATE RELEASES ITS VERSION OF ACA REPEAL Yesterday, the Senate released its long-awaited version of an ACA repeal or as the Senate is calling it, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Previously, we had blogged about how the House’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) would affect people with disabilities (once in March when […] Read More »
What the Senate’s BCRA Would Mean for People with Disabilities
Today, Senate Republicans released their version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), or as the Senate is calling it, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). The AHCA was passed in the House in May as a replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We previously posted about what the original and final versions of […] Read More »
State-By-State Analysis of the Effects of ACA Repeal
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new interactive state-by-state map which shows the current statistics which would be affected by the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Statistics included for each state include: the number of Medicaid enrollees, the number of Medicaid expansion enrollees, the number of marketplace enrollees, the number of marketplace […] Read More »
June 16, 2017
AAHD CO-SPONSORS HILL BRIEFING ON REHAB AND HABILITATION The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to co-sponsor a congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This bipartisan briefing will occur on Tuesday, June 27 at 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room […] Read More »
AAHD Co-Sponsors Hill Briefing on Rehab and Habilitation
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to co-sponsor a congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This bipartisan briefing will occur on Tuesday, June 27 at 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-106. The speakers and content of the briefing […] Read More »
Reports Address How a Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Affect HCBS
There are two new reports which address how the Medicaid per capita caps under the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would affect Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a report entitled “Medicaid Cuts in House ACA Repeal Bill Would Limit Availability of Home and Community-Based Services” which […] Read More »
