Settlement in California ADHC Medicaid Cut Case

See this article from the Los Angeles Times.  It begins:

Just weeks before the planned closure of adult day healthcare centers throughout California, state officials and disability rights attorneys reached a legal settlement Thursday that preserves services for those low-income seniors and disabled residents most at risk of being institutionalized. 

The state, which faces a $3.7-billion revenue shortfall, had targeted the centers as part of a plan to reduce spending on Medi-Cal, the government health program for the poor and disabled. Adult day healthcare centers provide nursing care, occupational therapy, physical therapy, meals and exercise to people with serious disabilities, brain injuries and chronic illnesses. 

Center care is an optional Medi-Cal benefit, and its elimination would have resulted in the closure of many of the roughly 275 centers.