(STAT News) – Advocates worry about cuts to long-term care as well as home- and community-based services

The changes would dramatically alter states’ budgets and could curtail or end care for millions of people with disabilities. Two expensive programs in particular could be in the crosshairs: long-term care and home- and community-based services. This would be a crisis as these programs cater to the sickest Americans who would have dizzying out-of-pocket costs, said Katy Neas, CEO of The Arc, a nonprofit that advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Read More)