… a facility that will provide round the clock care for him is a difference not just of quality of life for Dennis, it's also a straight dollars and cents difference. It costs more money for Dennis to have a tougher, more restricted life in a nursing home than it does for him to be in his own home. But the way we make that happen is we make it happen through these federal supports that we keep in place. If Dennis home health aides are gone, then Dennis is off in a nursing home. (49:38–49:51)
CLAIM
Asserts that it is more expensive for individuals with disabilities to live in nursing homes than in their own homes.
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