The Importance of Federal Financing to the Nation’s Long-Term Care Safety Net
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Summary
This brief reviews Medicaid’s importance and limitations when it comes to long-term care and makes the case for strengthening Medicaid’s safety net in one of two ways—assumption of full federal responsibility for Medicare beneficiaries who also rely on Medicaid (so-called “dual eligibles”) or an enhanced federal match for Medicaid long-term care services.
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Populations
Sources
The SCAN Foundation
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States
Keywords
low-income; nursing home; assisted living; home care; adult day services; federal matching; aging-based enhancement of federal match; inequity; inadequacy
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The SCAN
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888-569-7226