Unbridled Spending: Billions for Medicaid Expansion Congress Never Approved

Unbridled Spending: Billions for Medicaid Expansion Congress Never Approved

The Biden administration may have failed to convince Congress to double Medicaid spending on home healthcare in 2021, but the funding increase occurred anyway.

Unbridled spending: Billions for Medicaid expansion Congress never approved | The Highland County Press

Most of the dollars were accessed by Democratic-controlled states. New York alone reached $15.67 billion in Medicaid home-health spending by 2024 – roughly a third of the national total – through its Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, which allows beneficiaries to hire a relative as the paid caregiver.