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In the past, I guess if there were articles I just flew past them because it didn't relate to me. But once my parents started to need help, and once I found Aging Care forum seven years ago, it became a whole different ballgame. I also didn't know about Medicaid for the elderly and was relieved that program existed.
Also have seen numerous articles on the success of the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] for those who never had health insurance, and are now on it. People seeing doctors for the first time in decades and getting the much needed help to improve their lives.
In my area, we have dozens upon dozens of 55+ communities... Independent Living along with Assisted Living and Memory Care all in the same complex. New ones popping up yearly. Thus, the builders are planning ahead. Two new complexes just down the street are in the planning stage, one being 55+ low income housing which I think is great, within walking distance to shopping and medical center.
LTC policies usually last for 5 years. Media coverage I have seen doesn't discuss that once tolled, Medicaid comes into play once tolled.
Have you seen this kind of discussion in depth in your geographic area. If so, where are you?
Google Gov Richard Lamb of Colorado. Back in the mid 80’s he became very controversial with his speeches bout the elderly and very ill having an obligation to die to keep the system from falling apart. He was controversial to say the least.
US total $462 837
Aged $96,403
Disabled $186,866
Adults $89,866
Children $89,688
Other $13
I got these figures from the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation; but in any case if you Google "Medicaid spending by category" you can feast on statistics 'til Easter if you like.
If you are interested in gathering data to prove how ruinously expensive it is to keep demented old people alive and what terrible parasites they are, I do also urge you to look at the amount of money put in to the health economy by self-funding older people.
I did recently come across a mention of Medicaid in regards to the elderly but I can't quite remember where. It may have been in the comments section of a New York Times article about the difficulties of establishing "Medicare for all".