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Nearly 40% of all Long Term Care patients are working age Adults - NOT SENIORS. Virtually ALL of them are on Medicaid (welfare). Christopher Reeve may be the exception.
Out-of-pocket Long Term Care expenses are the #1 reason for impoverishment of the elderly. EVERY DAY, people move into Medicaid Nursing Homes because they have RUN OUT OF MONEY from paying Out-of-pocket for home health care or assisted living facility care…
AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN NO LONGER TAKE CARE OF THEM.
Nearly 70% of all nursing home patients NATIONWIDE are on Medicaid welfare and have lost all their care choices. Due to the strain on the system, low reimbursements to the nursing homes per person from Medicaid welfare has resulted in allegations nationwide of poor quality of care.
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