Last week the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing and approved a revised version of the ‘‘Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act’’ or the ‘‘EMPOWER Care Act.” The bill would reauthorize the Medicaid “Money Follows the Person” program, which helps people transition from institutional to community-based care, and is strongly supported by the disabilities community. An explanation of the bill can be found in the subcommittee background memo (p. 2-3).
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