Tag: long-term care
Needs may be unmet or larger burdens may fall to families. Medicaid is the nation’s publicly financed health and long-term care program for low-income people. It was originally established to provide benefits to those receiving cash assistance or “welfare.” In the case of older Americans, that source of cash benefits was – and remains –…
An examination of long-term care is good for all of us. As someone trying to become more knowledgeable about long-term care, I was surprised and intrigued by Vice President Harris’ proposal to create a new home care benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. The details of the program are still a little unclear, but it sounds like:…
