Does Medicaid pay for long term care?

Attorney Geoff Sogi joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, how is Medicaid funded, who qualifies for long term care Medicaid ...
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Medicaid makes you spend down to $2,000 before it pays for the nursing home. Here’s the surprisingly long list of things the $2,000 limit doesn’t count

Quick ReadMedicaid's $2,000 asset limit only hits "countable" resources, and certain things like your home, one vehicle, and ...
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She Paid Her Daughter $2,500 a Month to Care for Her at Home for Two Years. Without a Signed Contract, Medicaid Treated All $60,000 of It as a Gift

A mother paid her daughter to provide real, daily care for two years, and Medicaid still treated every dollar as a gift. The ...
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Medicaid’s $162,660 Question: What the At-Home Spouse Keeps, What Gets Spent Down, and the One Move That Turns “Excess” Savings Into Untouchable Income

When one spouse enters a nursing home, federal law carves out a protected slice of the couple's savings for the one staying home, but most families have no idea a single legal move can shield even ...
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PAYMENT RATES FOR MEDICAID HOME CARE AHEAD OF THE 2025 RECONCILIATION LAW

Long-standing workforce challenges in Medicaid home care (also known as home- and community-based services or HCBS) impact care for the over 5 million people who use these services. Shortages and high ...
STAT

Algorithms used to determine Medicaid eligibility for home care vary widely among states

Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. The massive tax cut bill ...
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What Medicaid cuts mean for those who rely on home healthcare

People with disabilities or the eldelry may be forced to live at a nursing home or other institution as Medicaid cuts make ...
Medical Xpress

Medicaid cuts could hurt older adults who rely on home care, nursing homes

Dr. Fred Levin has been watching with growing alarm the national debate around federal cuts to Medicaid. He's responsible for the medical care of about 100 older adults at the Community PACE center in ...
Health Affairs

The Home Care Workforce Has Not Kept Pace With Growth In Home And Community-Based Services

Home and community-based services (HCBS) are the predominant approach to delivering long-term services and supports in the US, but there are growing numbers of reports of worker shortages in this ...
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The church got $25,000 and the grandkids got the boat. Medicaid didn’t care where the money went, only that it left within five years of the nursing home

Quick ReadMedicaid's five-year lookback flags every transfer lacking fair-market value in return, making IRS gift-tax rules ...
Washington Post

Nursing home and elder-care residents could be hit hard by potential Medicaid cuts

MARIETTA, Ga. — Traversing the halls of his nursing home in a wheelchair, Owen Allen listened to a visiting guitarist play “Sweet Caroline,” then chipped away at a thousand-piece puzzle in the sunroom ...