Tag: nursing homes
An aging population will put pressure on Medicaid. Although immediate Medicaid cuts are off the table with the failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, the basic economics underlying the Medicaid program have not changed. Medicaid currently pays for more than half of long-term care expenses (see Figure 1). This outcome reflects the fact that…
The brief’s key findings are: When economic times are good, deaths in the United States increase. Previous research suggests that a likely culprit is poorer health habits tied to greater job demands. However, the increase in mortality is largely driven by deaths among elderly women in nursing homes. These nursing home deaths may reflect increased…