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Urge the Legislature to Stop Cutting Long-Term Care

Wednesday, February 24

Yesterday, the House and the Senate released their budget proposals. Although they both include plans for raising revenue, both budgets put the quality of care for vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities at risk.

Click here to tell them to stop cutting long-term care!

Urge them to reject proposals that ELIMINATE home care services for 1400 seniors and people with disabilities, and proposals to make DEEP CUTS to hours for 9000 seniors and people with disabilities. This is on top of the 5 million hours that were already cut last year.

Additional Details on the House and Senate Budget Proposals

The Bad News:
  • The House and the Senate budget proposals eliminate the hours add-on (9500 clients would see a significant cut in hours);
  • The Senate (but not the House) budget proposal eliminates home care services for 1400 clients by changing the eligibility requirements for Medicaid Personal Care;
  • The Senate budget has a larger cut to the home care agency admin rate than what was in Governor 's budget or the House Budget (68 cents per hour reduction);
  • The Senate budget proposal reverses last year's cut to nursing homes, but makes a new $58 million (total funds) cut. The House Budget also has significant new cuts to nursing homes; and
  • The House and the Senate budget proposals both eliminate services for 600 adult day health clients.


The Good News:
  • The Senate budget proposal follows the Governor's lead in protecting agency parity, health insurance and laundry/housekeeping hours;
  • Neither the House nor the Senate budget proposals eliminate the Health Care Quality Authority or the registries; and
  • Neither the House nor the Senate budget proposals delay the start of increased training under Initiative 1029.


We need EVERYONE to send a strong message to the legislature. Please click here to send an email to your legislator today!