How Will the Election Outcome Affect Medicaid?

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Key Takeaways:

  • The outcome of the 2024 election will have significant impacts on Medicaid, affecting those with incontinence and disabilities looking to receive benefits such as free incontinence supplies and home health support and services.

The 2024 election will play a crucial role in shaping the future of Medicaid. Medicaid access may be expanded, improving long-term care, and reducing prescription drug costs, or federal Medicaid spending could be reduced.

If you're a Medicaid enrollee, or if you or your loved one have a disability and / or incontinence, it's critical that you learn about the Medicaid policy changes that are being proposed so you can vote according to what you'd like to see in your future Medicaid plans.

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Voting for Medicaid Policies You Want

How Could Medicaid Change in the Election?

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Voting for Medicaid Policies You Want

Voting in the 2024 election is crucial for shaping Medicaid policies, especially if you or your loved one have disabilities and are managing conditions like incontinence (loss of bladder and / or bowel control).

Medicaid plays a significant role in providing healthcare and long-term services to millions of Americans, including access to incontinence supplies, home-based care, and other essential health benefits.

Policy decisions made by elected officials directly impact the level of funding, coverage, and eligibility for these services. It’s also important to vote at both a federal and state level since each state makes its own Medicaid policies. It's critical that you vote this election year so you can receive the Medicaid benefits you need.

Key reasons why your vote matters:

  1. Medicaid expansion: The election results could influence the future of Medicaid expansion. You can help decide whether your state supports broader access to Medicaid or if restrictions, like work requirements, are introduced.
  2. Access to care: If you or your loved one have disabilities and incontinence, you know your Medicaid program often covers essential care and incontinence supplies. Voting for candidates who prioritize healthcare funding can help protect or expand access to these critical services.
  3. Incontinence supplies: Medicaid coverage for incontinence products varies by state and could be impacted by state or federal policy changes. Elected officials focusing on healthcare equity may ensure better access to these necessary supplies.
  4. Support for disabilities: Candidates' positions on disability rights and services, including Medicaid's role in covering assistive devices, long-term care, and specialized treatments, could affect the level of care you or your loved one receive.
  5. Prescription drug costs: Programs that aim to decrease prescription drug prices will depend on who is elected. This will direct out-of-pocket costs for those with chronic conditions.
    By voting, you can influence the policies that determine the quality and availability of healthcare, ensuring your needs are prioritized in the next administration. Register to vote at the button below.

 

By voting, you can influence the policies that determine the quality and availability of healthcare, ensuring your needs are prioritized in the next administration. Register to vote at the button below.

If you're unsure where or when to vote, you can check on vote.org.

How Could Medicaid Change in the Election?

Medicaid may be reshaped in a number of areas after the election.

  • Expanding Medicaid: Future policies may try to expand Medicaid by giving states money to encourage them to adopt Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This could help close coverage gaps in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid yet.
  • Medicaid funding changes: The federal government might increase funds to support services for people on Medicaid, like home and community-based care. Another option might be to limit federal spending on Medicaid through a block grant or a cap.
  • Eligibility and benefits improvements: Policies may aim to make Medicaid more accessible by offering 12 months of continuous coverage for children or extending postpartum care for new mothers to 12 months. Other plans, however, might make Medicaid eligibility stricter or add work requirements, and some might allow states more control over certain benefits.
  • Prescription drug cost control: There could be efforts to lower drug costs, such as by negotiating prices and limiting price increases. But some plans might prefer to remove certain price controls and let the drug companies and markets set prices.
  • Long-term care support: Funding for home and community-based services (HCBS) may increase, with better pay for caregivers and new staffing rules for nursing homes. However, some proposals might offer less funding and need more details on long-term care.
  • Managed care improvements: Medicaid managed care changes might focus on better access and quality of plans. But different reform plans may have different ideas about how to achieve these goals.
  • Expanding Medicaid: Future policies may try to expand Medicaid by giving states money to encourage them to adopt Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This could help close coverage gaps in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid yet.
  • Medicaid funding changes: The federal government might increase funds to support services for people on Medicaid, like home and community-based care. Another option might be to limit federal spending on Medicaid through a block grant or a cap.
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  • Eligibility and benefits improvements: Policies may aim to make Medicaid more accessible by offering 12 months of continuous coverage for children or extending postpartum care for new mothers to 12 months. Other plans, however, might make Medicaid eligibility stricter or add work requirements, and some might allow states more control over certain benefits.
  • Prescription drug cost control: There could be efforts to lower drug costs, such as by negotiating prices and limiting price increases. But some plans might prefer to remove certain price controls and let the drug companies and markets set prices.
  • Long-term care support: Funding for home and community-based services (HCBS) may increase, with better pay for caregivers and new staffing rules for nursing homes. However, some proposals might offer less funding and need more details on long-term care.
  • Managed care improvements: Medicaid managed care changes might focus on better access and quality of plans. But different reform plans may have different ideas about how to achieve these goals.

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Mica has been at Aeroflow for over six years. He brings creativity to a sometimes stagnant and complacent industry and tries his best to uncomplicate the complex world of Insurance. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English. In addition to his daily responsibilities as Vice President of Aeroflow Urology, he’s contributed to numerous articles for online journals regarding senior care, incontinence, and navigating insurance benefits. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to live music, visiting breweries, and traveling the world with his wife.


About the Author

Marlee Septak is the Senior Content Specialist at Aeroflow Urology and was a past Content Writer for Aeroflow Diabetes. She brings a deep understanding of incontinence and health conditions associated with it to her writing. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago and holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. Marlee has contributed to various magazines and blogs, including Borgen Magazine, Echo Magazine, Chicago Ideas Week, Assuaged, and Peaceful Dumpling. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and just sitting down with a good book.


References

What the Outcome of the Election Could Mean for Medicaid | KFF. (2024, September 6). KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-the-outcome-of-the-election-could-mean-for-medicaid/

Health Care Reform, Medicaid Expansion and Access to Alcohol/Drug Treatment: Opportunities for Disability Prevention | DSHS. https://www.dshs.wa.gov/ffa/rda/research-reports/health-care-reform-medicaid-expansion-and-access-alcoholdrug-treatment-opportunities-disability-prevention

Medicaid Waiver Priorities Under the Trump and Biden-Harris Administrations | KFF. (2024, September 6). KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-waiver-priorities-under-the-trump-and-biden-harris-administrations/

Disclaimer

Information provided on the Aeroflow Urology blog is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or care from a healthcare professional. Aeroflow recommends consulting your healthcare provider if you are experiencing medical issues relating to incontinence.