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

Feder, J. & Komisar, H. (2012, February). The Importance of Federal Financing to the Nation’s Long-Term Care Safety Net. Long Beach, CA: The SCAN Foundation.

Abstract

This policy brief from Georgetown University, produced with support from The SCAN Foundation, reviews Medicaid's importance and current funding limitations for long-term care and makes the case for strengthening Medicaid two possible ways - full federal responsibility for Medicare beneficiaries who also rely on Medicaid or an enhanced federal match for Medicaid long-term care services (abstract from http://www.thescanfoundation.org/commissioned-supported-work/georgetown-university-importance-federal-financing-nations-long-term-car).

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