The Minnesota Department of Human Services (“DHS”) quietly communicated on December 1, 2025, its intent to issue a temporary licensing moratorium ...

In a letter to lawmakers on Monday, DHS explained that the 245D licensing moratorium will mean new licenses will not be ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Reagan couldn’t be described as an advocate for disabled people’s rights—just over a ...

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is a term used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to describe the type of care that should be provided to people with “functional limitations ...

One of the most expensive elements of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, which congressional Democrats are seeking to pass unilaterally, is a vast expansion of Medicaid funding for home ...

With federal budget cuts to Medicaid and other social service programs looming, increased attention is being placed on home and community-based (“HCBS”) Medicaid benefits. A recent opinion piece in ...

Most of us will become disabled at some point in our lives. Whether through accident, illness, or simply old age, we will all join the largest minority in the U.S. For decades, institutionalization ...

Amanda R. Kreider ([email protected]), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rachel M. Werner, University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical ...