Source: Fox News
Summary
Autism care providers who supported the Trump administration’s Medicaid fraud crackdown are now warning that reimbursement cuts risk therapy for Georgia foster children. Amerigroup, the insurer covering Georgia’s foster children through Medicaid, reduced payments to autism therapy providers by 30%. The Autism Families Alliance said this could force 75% of clinics to stop serving foster kids. Taylor Sanders, a family advocate, said the cuts could leave children without essential services. The group had previously backed the fraud crackdown but now fears the cuts harm vulnerable children. They urged policymakers to address fraud without limiting access to care.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Autism providers once celebrated the Trump crackdown on Medicaid fraud.
Now they warn that cuts to therapy payments could harm foster children.
They say the same efforts that targeted fraud now threaten access to care.
It’s a familiar pattern of reform turning into crisis.
Author: Evan Null
