3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically ill frail elders, but until now, there ...
Tag: Medicaid
Death in Dallas: One Family’s Experience in the Medicaid Gap
In 12 states, people who earn too little to qualify for Medicaid — but who can’t afford to buy insurance ...
Dentists Chip Away at Uninsured Problem by Offering Patients Membership Plans
Lack of dental coverage contributes to the delaying or forgoing of dental care by 1 in 4 adults, according to a ...
California Makes It Easier for Low-Income Residents to Get and Keep Free Health Coverage
A provision in California's newly approved state budget will be a game changer for aging Californians who don't earn enough ...
Desperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
For at least 20 years, national experts have warned about the dire consequences of a shortage of nursing assistants and ...
Desperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
For at least 20 years, national experts have warned about the dire consequences of a shortage of nursing assistants and ...
Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?
Hospital-level care at home — some of it provided over the internet — is poised to grow after more than ...
You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?
Many states have experimented with how to cover America’s roughly 33.2 million uninsured people, about 400,000 of whom are 65 or older.
Trouble Managing Money May Be an Early Sign of Dementia
Studies show that long before they receive a dementia diagnosis, many people start losing their ability to manage their finances ...
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule ...