The Importance of Federal Financing to the Nation’s Long-Term Care Safety Net

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Article Publication Date: 
2/1/2012
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.
Article Author: 
Feder, Judy; Komisar, Harriet L.
Populations: 
Aging/Older Adults
Sources: 
Grantee produced
The SCAN Foundation
Programs/Initiatives: 
N/A
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
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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