Karen Palacios, age 42, suffers from multiple chronic conditions, including diabetes, a thyroid condition, effects of a stroke, and depression. Karen has both Medicare and Medicaid due to her disability and low-income. For seven years, she lived in a nursing home because she could no longer perform basic everyday activities on her own. However, through Medicaid’s “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) initiative, Karen was able to make the transition back to living independently in the community. While Medicare covers most medical care that Karen needs, the MFP program provided Karen with access to crucial transition services, like occupational therapy to gain skills she needed to live alone, and help arranging for housing. Medicaid also covers a personal care aide, medical transportation, and other supports that Medicare does not cover but that Karen needs to function independently.