Breaking News - Biden Signs Executive Orders to Strengthen Home-Based Care

​Yesterday afternoon, President Biden signed an Executive Order including more than 50 directives to nearly every cabinet-level agency to expand access to home- and community-based care and provide support for care workers and family caregivers.

The HCAOA Policy Committee is analyzing the impact of this order on member agencies.

​In the order, the Administration acknowledges the significant challenges families, clients, and home-based care providers face. The order highlights that more than three-quarters of home and community-based care service providers are not accepting new clients, leaving hundreds of thousands of older Americans and Americans with disabilities on waiting lists for home and community-based services and struggling to afford the care they need.
 
This Executive Order complements the President’s Budget, which includes $150 billion over the next 10 years to improve and expand Medicaid home care services.