The complaint against the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is the second filed this month alleging the Medicaid program is treating disabled people unfairly.
The latest lawsuit isn’t focused on the cuts in benefits — the entire Medicaid program was slammed with budget reductions this fall — but the lack of notice.
Up to 750 disabled residents rely on monthly Medicaid benefits to pay nurses and caregivers to help them bathe, dress, cook and take medications in their homes. They are enrolled in a program that lets them hire, fire and manage their own attendants instead of working through a home-health agency. Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14090786#ixzz0foHDJnGN
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