Home Healthcare Cuts Hitting California Seniors Hard
WASHINGTON – Everyone knows President Obama’s failed healthcare law has raised premiums, cut Medicare, and canceled plans across the country. But what many are not talking about is ObamaCare’s drastic cuts to home healthcare programs in Medicare— a 14 percent cut impacting 3.5 million seniors across the country.
Scott Peters has put the poorest and sickest seniors in California at risk because he steadfastly supports this failed law. This is a program they depend on to get critical medical care. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, nearly 40 percent of home healthcare companies could go out of business. That, of course, doesn’t mean just seniors’ care will suffer, but many Americans will see their jobs lost.
“Scott Peters’ support for cuts to home healthcare is leaving our most vulnerable seniors and their families left to fend for themselves,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek. “Peters promised to stand up for seniors, but all he’s doing is standing up for his party’s drastic cuts to programs seniors count on.”
Washington Examiner: “ObamaCare Forcing 14 Percent Cut In Medicare’s Home Health Care Program. “An estimated 3.5 million poor and ill homebound senior citizens will wake up on New Year’s Day to discover Obamacare has slashed funding for their home health care program. It will happen because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quietly issued a regulation Nov. 22 announcing a 14-percent cut over the next four years in funding for the Home Health Care Prospective Payment program.” (Richard Pollock, “Obamacare forcing 14 percent cut in Medicare’s home health care program,” Washington Examiner, 12/12/13)