Tag: long-term care insurance
An aging population will put pressure on Medicaid. Although immediate Medicaid cuts are off the table with the failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, the basic economics underlying the Medicaid program have not changed. Medicaid currently pays for more than half of long-term care expenses (see Figure 1). This outcome reflects the fact that…
The dangers of isolation in old age, the quest for a nice nursing home on “a boxed-wine wallet” – Annabelle Gurwitch approaches these issues with humor in a PBS NewsHour video that touches on themes previously covered in this blog. When Gurwitch and her sister started grappling with finding a new home for their parents,…
