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Testimony cites providers and families who say Medicaid cuts would force institutionalization and service losses
Summary
A lawmaker told the Senate committee that cuts to home- and community-based services are forcing providers and families into hardship, citing a Minnesota autism provider who sold assets to continue services and a California mother who relies on in‑home supports to care for her disabled son.
The speaker gave concrete examples to illustrate the human cost of rolling back Medicaid-supported services: in Minnesota an autism therapy provider ‘‘had to sell her cattle herd and lay off staff’’ to keep serving children, and in California a mother said in-home support allowed her to care for her disabled son rather than work an extra job or place him in institutional care.
He argued that cutting home- and community-based services risks institutionalization, reduces family income and stability, and ultimately increases public costs by moving people into more intensive, expensive care settings. He urged preserving these services as both humane and fiscally sensible.
