Pelosi Indicates Interest In More HCBS Funding Than House Proposed

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicated at a Service Employees International Union rally Thursday (Sept. 23) that she’d like to see more funding for Medicaid home- and community-based services in the final reconciliation bill than the $190 billion pushed by a House committee, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) committed to increasing federal funding for HCBS to a level that will incentivize states to improve offerings. President Joe Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda calls for a $400 billion...