Federal Medicaid officials are proposing major changes aimed at improving access to home and community-based services for people with disabilities and bolstering the direct support professional ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a significant funding initiative, allocating $1.1 billion to sustain critical community-based services for older ...

Mass firings at a federal agency supporting community living efforts for people with disabilities are fueling concerns that funding will be disrupted and programs could be forced to close. Nearly 50% ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Members of the Legislature's working group on human services discuss a bill that funds things from waivers for disabled people and older adults, nursing home care, foster care and other human services ...

The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t limit home- and community-based care. Health care experts disagree. The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t ...

Zary Amirhosseini came to the U.S. in 1979 when she was a child. Born in Iran with severe scoliosis, her family couldn’t find a specialist to perform the surgery she needed. “A lot of people with ...

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Two of the “most joyous” employees at Found Rental Co., a furniture and prop rental company in Fullerton, are Helenia Reynaud and David Campos. Among the pair’s job responsibilities are wrapping, ...