Tag: Medicaid Spending
Under the American Health Care Act, states will bear a growing burden of the health costs for an aging population. Most people are focused on the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that is designed to repeal and replace Obamacare. But retirement’s my game, so I’m interested in how changes…
The brief’s key findings are: In an effort to curb Medicaid costs, many states encourage people to buy long-term care insurance by offering enhanced policies through private insurers. Under these policies, if individuals exhaust their private insurance benefits, the state allows them to qualify for Medicaid while keeping more of their assets. This study finds that, for…