Tag: Medicaid
Retirement, as portrayed in TV commercials, is the time to indulge a passion, whether tennis, enjoying more time with a spouse, frequent socializing, or civic engagement. Boston University sociologist Deborah Carr isn’t buying this idealized picture of aging. “This gilded existence is not within the grasp of all older adults,” she argues in “Golden Years?…
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…
