“I live with my primary caregivers, my aging parents, and I qualify for the in-home, self-directed state Medicaid waiver programs. A personal service aide visits daily to assist with meals, a lift needed for toileting, light housekeeping, bathing, dressing and transportation to appointments. It would cost $80,000 a year for me to live in a nursing home but only $30,000 a year for a caregiver to come to my house. The program saves the state money by keeping me in my home.”
-Christin Haun, an Oklahoman with a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder, in a letter to legislators criticizing cuts to Medicaid (Source)