·Pulse issue · June 5, 2026
The Home-Care Squeeze Goes State by State
California's Medicaid funding is frozen, Illinois's waitlist tops 16,000, and a Senate framework proposes the opposite direction.
The pressure on home- and community-based care is showing up one jurisdiction at a time. CNBC's Healthy Returns, carried via 10bmnews, reported the administration froze Medicaid funding to California and threatened other states. When In Your State reported that Illinois, which already holds one of the nation's longest waitlists for home- and community-based services at more than 16,000 people, is watching that line lengthen as Medicaid changes tighten access.
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