Thank you, Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall, for your important and timely Feb. 25 commentary on and advocacy for investing in home care for our aging demographic in Delaware and Sussex County in particular. As an aging Boomer and former long-term care insurance agent, I am keenly aware of the exorbitant costs that elders and families face when the abilities to conduct activities of daily living are lost.
The State of Delaware must increase investment, as our representative points out, not just out of compassion for families, but also as economic and public health investments. Currently, Medicaid is under threat in the House budget resolution, upon which so many rural healthcare providers and patients rely for healthcare and disabilities under long-term care and home healthcare claims.
The American Journal of Managed Care reports that the resolution “cuts of $880 billion in Medicaid will affect nearly 80 million Americans, as part of the GOP plan to enact $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.” If that budget comes to fruition, rural healthcare providers at large will become fewer and farther between, and vulnerable residents will lose coverage. The State of Delaware must have already stepped into this widening chasm in support of all its citizenry, seniors and their families, and the Delaware economy. Thank you, Rep. Snyder-Hall, for fighting for Delawareans’ health and well-being.
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