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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Don’t let Medicare cut home health care funding

A home health aide, puts her mask on as she prepares to wash laundry for her patient last year in Haverstraw, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

As a home health professional, I was disappointed to see that Medicare has again proposed cuts to home health. The proposal includes a $1.33 billion cut in 2023 and additional cuts of more than $2 billion in 2024 and beyond, reaching over $18 billion in the next decade.

Fortunately, dozens of bipartisan lawmakers are taking action to prevent these devastating cuts from hurting home health patients and their providers by supporting the Preserving Access to Home Health Act.

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