Tag: Medicaid
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 –…
Given that only about half of private sector workers are covered by an employer-sponsored plan at any given time, 16 states have launched – or are in the process of launching – auto-IRA programs that require employers without a plan to auto-enroll their workers in a Roth IRA. While these programs will help those without…
