“Federal Government Approves California’s Medicaid Overhaul,” by Don Thompson, AP    Quote: “The U.S. government has approved California‘s overhaul of the nation’s largest insurance program for low-income and disabled residents, officials said Wednesday, a decision that among other things allows Medicaid money to be spent on housing-related services as the most populous state struggles with homelessness and a lack of affordable housing. … Aside from covering one of every three Californians, Medi-Cal covers more than half of school-age children, half of births in California, and more than two of every three patient days in long-term care facilities, officials said. … California’s
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“‘Medicaid for All’ is rapidly becoming a reality in New York,” by Editorial Board, New York Post    Quote: “In New York, it looks like the Democrats’ dream of ‘Medicare for All’ is rapidly becoming a reality. Or at least ‘Medicaid for All.’ … And this is supposed to be a backstop program for just the poorest New Yorkers. Gotham enrolls an even higher share of its residents in Medicaid: more than 4 million people, or nearly half of the city’s 8.8 million people. … Clearly, the state needs to better screen applicants. But it also needs to rethink how
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“Here’s How Not to Reform Long Term Care,” by Gregg Girvan, The Dispatch    Quote: “The reimbursement rates in Medicaid lie at the heart of the problems with BBB’s LTC funding. The bill attempts to extend home- and community-based services to hundreds of thousands currently on waiting lists while simultaneously recognizing that providers must hire more workers with meager Medicaid rates and a historically tight labor market. Therefore, while the bill provides an additional 6 percent match to provide services to those on waiting lists, it also requires states to develop processes to increase direct care worker pay. While the
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 “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Risk of Dementia,” by Eugene Rubin, Psychology Today    Quote: “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic and disabling illness. As persons with obsessive-compulsive disorder age, they may be at increased risk to develop dementias. Dementias may develop several years earlier in persons with obsessive-compulsive disorder when compared to persons without this disorder.”   LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: If you were staring dementia in the face, you’d become obsessive-compulsive too.             Subscribe to GoldenCare News  
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“How record Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be impacted by high inflation, Medicare premiums,” by Lorie Konish, CNBC    Quote: “A 5.9% increase to Social Security benefits next year will be the highest in four decades. Yet inflation is climbing at a faster pace year-over-year at 6.8%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data. Larger monthly checks may not offset the pressures of higher day-to-day prices, Medicare Part B premiums and taxes on benefits.”   LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: Inflation is the cruelest tax of all, quoth Milton Friedman. So much for
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