News Report | December 13, 2022
656,000 People In The U.S. Are On Waiting Lists For Medicaid Home & Community-Based Services
In 2021, there were 656,000 people across the country were on state waiting lists for home and community-based services (HCBS) financed through Medicaid waivers. As of 2021, 37 states had HCBS waiting lists. By comparison, in 2016, the number of people on waiting lists was 656,000 and increased to 820,000 in 2018. During 2021, 28 of the states with waiting lists screened individuals for waiver eligibility for at least one waiver. Seven of those states did not screen for all waivers. There were nine states that did not screen for eligibility for any waivers and those . . .