Senator Invites OT to Speak About Protecting Medicaid Funding in the Schools

Provisions to restructure the Medicaid program were included in the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill passed by the House of Representatives to replace Obamacare. An often overlooked aspect of the Medicaid program is that states rely on Medicaid reimbursement to provide special education services-spending more than $4 billion a year for these services. The restructuring and cuts to Medicaid would affect occupational therapy services provided in the schools as well as other