Tag: Medicaid
Many are expected to end up uninsured. Who knows what is going on with health care legislation? But I am still interested in how any potential changes could affect older workers. The need for medical care rises sharply after age 50. Obamacare – the Affordable Care Act of 2010 – increased the coverage of thes…
Medicaid serves millions of low-income Americans, many of them elderly. Federal spending on this program now approaches the dollars spent on Medicare, the primary health care program covering virtually all Americans over 65. Many people confuse the two programs, or cast Medicaid as a program strictly for the poor. Many are unaware of the financia…
