JD Vance and Dr. Oz just announced a six-month freeze on all new Medicaid hospice enrollments — nationwide. If you or someone you love needs hospice care in the next six months and they're on Medicaid, there is no funding. None. This one is personal.
The Trump administration, through JD Vance and CMS administrator Dr. Oz, has announced a $1.3 billion cut to Medicaid reimbursements for the state of California — specifically targeting hospice and home health care programs — citing higher-than-average enrollment rates as evidence of potential fraud. Alongside that cut, the administration has placed a six-month nationwide freeze on any new Medicaid hospice care enrollments. That means if someone you love is dying and relies on Medicaid, they cannot enroll in hospice care for the next six months. Tom's father spent his final days at the Joliet Area Hospice Center — and those days, free of pain, free of procedures, surrounded by peace, were the best that man had experienced in years. Using that kind of care as a political bargaining chip is not a policy disagreement. It is cruelty.
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