Tag: long-term care
The brief’s key findings are: Medicaid provides low-income retirees with critical health benefits by offering insurance directly, covering Medicare costs, or paying for long-term care. Recently, the Medicaid expansion has also helped reduce the uninsured rate among workers nearing retirement. The need for this array of benefits will grow as the population ages and medica…
The brief’s key findings are: Medicare Part D, introduced in 2006, has increased spending on prescription drugs for the elderly, but its impact on other health spending is unclear. The analysis addresses this issue by examining the use of other health care before and after Part D was introduced. The results show that the impact…
