“Two Healthcare Insiders at Aegis Living Blow Whistle on Alleged Elder Abuse and Medical Fraud,” by James O’Keefe, Project Veritas Quote: “Two Healthcare Insiders at Aegis Living Blow Whistle on Alleged Elder Abuse and Medical Fraud,” by James O’Keefe, Project Veritas Quote: “Project Veritas released a new video today that features two healthcare insiders blowing the whistle on their employer, Aegis Living, for engaging in alleged elder abuse and medical fraud.”     LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: American muckraker James O’Keefe has long-term care in his crosshairs again. We highlighted Project Veritas’ exposure
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“Will Medicaid take life insurance proceeds after I die?,” by Karin Price Mueller, NJ.com     Quote: “Q. If I have an insurance policy that has no cash value and my son is the beneficiary, when I die and he receives the money, will Medicaid file a lien on that money? Would my son have to pay it? — Uncertain A. Many families are surprised that Medicaid will go after funds if it pays for your care before you die. … New Jersey Medicaid considers proceeds from term life insurance policies with no cash benefit to belong to the named
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“Long-term care tax is the wrong answer to a good question,” by Elizabeth Hovde, Tri-Cities Journal of Business     Quote: “The best long-term care is private coverage that is affordable and designed to fit people’s individual needs. Some state lawmakers, though, have a different idea. They don’t think you should be allowed to choose how you plan for your own long-term-care needs and that you should instead be forced to pay into a single, socialized program created by them. They call the mandatory program, misleadingly, the WA Cares Fund. … Legislators should repeal this unfair, costly and inappropriate law
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“The $3.5T Spending Mistake,” by John C. Goodman, The Goodman Institute     Quote: “Here is a 36-page analysis of the health care components of the congressional Democrats’ new spending proposal. Why is it so long? Because I hope to arm the opponents with better arguments. Of course, we can’t afford it. But that’s what Republicans and moderate Democrats say about every liberal proposal. Here is what voters need to know. In health care, every single Democratic proposal consists of throwing good money after bad. They are trying to meet unmet needs by spending enormous sums of money on deeply
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“Do some cognitive functions improve with age?,” by Erika Watts, Medical News Today     Quote: “Scientists generally believe that cognitive functions, including attention, executive function, and reasoning skills, decline with age. A new study challenges this belief and suggests that orienting and executive functioning improve with age. Researchers suggest that training the brain may help improve cognitive function. … ‘These results are amazing and have important consequences for how we should view aging,’ says Dr. Ullman. ‘But the results from our large study indicate that critical elements of these abilities actually improve during aging, likely because we simply practice
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“New poll: Seniors want to age at home with caregiver support,” by Diane Eastabrook, McKnight’s Senior Living     Quote: “A new AARP poll finds voters over age 50 overwhelmingly want to age in their own homes with caregiver support. The poll comes as Congress prepares to vote on the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion budget that includes billions of dollars for home- and community-based services.”     LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: Did we really need another poll to tell us what everyone knows? The right question to ask would have been “How much are you
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