Medicaid fraud crackdowns in states leave people with disabilities struggling to access care
By
O. Rose Broderick
Summary
The article examines how state-level Medicaid fraud crackdowns, following Trump-era policies, are creating barriers to care for people with disabilities. It focuses on Jennifer Kucera, a woman with spinal muscular atrophy who endured abuse in a nursing home and now struggles to find Medicaid-funded home care. The piece highlights how anti-fraud measures intended to cut waste are inadvertently harming vulnerable populations by restricting access to essential services.
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· 2 pulledI didn't even know what scabies were. These are all things that really shouldn't happen in a place where you're supposed to be protected.
The nursing home where she says she got scabies, was punched in the face, and was sexually assaulted is just three short blocks away from her current home
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