·Pulse issue · June 10, 2026
Testimony from disabled families stopped one fraud-crackdown provision in Ohio while the machinery around it kept cutting: Minnesota terminated 60 percent of providers over paperwork, CMS made the 80-hour work rule official with Nebraska already running it, and Social Security's trustees set a 2032 deadline that prices every caregiver fix against solvency.
Ohio strips the family-caregiver pay ban after testimony, CMS makes the 80-hour Medicaid work rule official, SEIU Pennsylvania documents the nursing home operators' business model, and Social Security's trustees move trust-fund exhaustion to late 2032.
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Questions this issue answered
- What changed in Ohio's HB795 after disabled families testified, and what enforcement is still moving?
- Who has to prove their way into an exemption under the 80-hour Medicaid rule, and what is Nebraska's early rollout showing?
- Where does the SEIU report say nursing home operators send public money instead of staffing?
- What does a 2032 trust-fund exhaustion date do to caregiver-credit proposals?
Briefs in this issue
Ohio Drops the Family-Caregiver Pay Ban as the Fraud Dragnet Keeps Cutting
Disabled families' testimony killed the pay ban in HB795, while Minnesota's rushed revalidation cut 60 percent of providers in 13 Medicaid programs.
PolicyWorkforceDisabilityChild CareElder Care
The 80-Hour Rule Is Now Official, and Nebraska Is Already Running It
CMS's interim final rule puts the Medicaid work requirement in regulatory text, and advocates warn cancer and HIV patients will lose treatment to paperwork.
PolicyElder CareDisabilityChild Care
Nursing Home Workers Put the Operators' Business Model on the Record
SEIU Pennsylvania documents how operators extract wealth from public funds, and nearly 70 workers carried the report to legislators in Harrisburg.
PolicyWorkforceElder Care
Social Security's New 2032 Date Puts a Clock on Uncounted Care
Trustees move the retirement trust fund's exhaustion to late 2032, when income covers 78 percent of benefits, tightening the math for caregiver credits.
ResearchPolicyElder CareChild CareDisability
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