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<p>Cody Gray, 23, who has autism, shares a moment with Laurie West, a caregiver for the nonprofit Milestone Decisions, on Wednesday at Cody's home in Coeur d'Alene. West assists Cody and his two roommates and works with her own son, who is also mentally disabled but lives in another home. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recently announced that Medicaid reimbursement rates funding supportive living and residential habilitation provider agencies, such as Milestone Decisions, would be significantly decreased and revert to 2012 rates as of Feb. 1, 2016.</p>

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Families, care providers of disabled individuals devastated by pending Medicaid rate decrease, calling for action
January 10, 2016 8 p.m.

Families, care providers of disabled individuals devastated by pending Medicaid rate decrease, calling for action

COEUR d'ALENE — In a cozy house tucked into a quiet Coeur d'Alene neighborhood, three young men enjoy living fairly independent lives.