An excerpt from 90.5 WESA | By Kiley Koscinski
Published February 27, 2025
The Pennsylvania delegation in the U.S. House voted along party lines this week to narrowly pass a GOP budget blueprint that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts, including reductions at the federal agency that oversees Medicaid and Medicare.
… The program is the primary payer for nursing homes nationwide, …
And others who require assisted living support rely on the program too, said Mary Hartley, president of the Arc of Greater Pittsburgh. Her organization, which is part of the Achieva Family of Organizations, supports more than 2,000 families with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
She said Medicaid could be the difference between a child with disabilities living in a medical facility or at home with their family “which is the best place for a child.”
“These are the services that allow people with disabilities to live in our communities and not in institutions or nursing homes,” she said.
Advocates said Wednesday that they are staying hopeful that the winding budgetary process will afford opportunities to convince lawmakers to keep Medicaid fully funded.
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