The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.
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Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings To Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
Posted on 14 June 2022.
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California Blows The Doors Off Medicaid Asset Limits
Posted on 22 March 2022.
Paying for long term care, whether in a nursing home or care at home, has been a major challenge for the elderly and disabled, because Medicare covers only a very short stay for nursing facilities, and custodial home care is very limited as well.
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What Stalemate On Capitol Hill Means for Your Drug Prices
Posted on 05 October 2021.
As President Joe Biden’s government overhaul stalls in Congress, tensions are mounting over what changes, if any, could come for Americans at the pharmacy counter.
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Medicaid: Biden Has a Chance To Cut Deals With Red State Holdouts
Posted on 19 February 2021.
President Joe Biden has an unexpected opening to cut deals with red states to expand Medicaid, raising the prospect that the new administration could extend health protections to millions of uninsured Americans.
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Medicare for All: What Happens To Medicaid?
Posted on 04 November 2019.
One of the most controversial health care debates in the upcoming federal elections is the creation of a single, federal-level, universal health insurance program known as “Medicare For All.”
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California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
Posted on 01 November 2019.
California and other states increasingly are moving their Medicaid patients into managed care, arguing that the model saves money and also improves members’ health by coordinating care.
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