“New Guidance Could Make Long Term Care in the U.S. Worse (Guest: Stephen Moses)”

“New Guidance Could Make Long Term Care in the U.S. Worse (Guest: Stephen Moses),” by Anne-Marie Schieber, Heartland Institute’s Health Care News

Quote:  “Stephen Moses, the president of the Center for Long Term Care Reform, joins the show to discuss a recommendation to Congress that could make nursing home care worse, not better. The MACPAC Commission, which advises Congress on the issue, is recommending that Medicaid make estate recoveries voluntary. What this means is that nursing home residents who have qualified for Medicaid coverage no longer have to pay the bill back from their estate, even if there are appreciable assets. Such a move will put enormous stress on Medicaid and give people little incentive to save and pay for private care. Nursing home care has been under the spotlight since more than 20 percent of people who died from COVID-19 lived in nursing homes. Medicaid is the biggest payer of nursing home care in the U.S. Congress should make it easier for the free market to work by making it easier for people to save for long term care.”

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

Please listen to this podcast I recorded with the Heartland Institute’s Anne-Marie Schieber on May 6, 2021. Support the Center for Long-Term Care Reform to fight for better long-term care financing policy and against bad ideas like those identified in this podcast. Contact me at smoses@centerltc.com or 425-891-3640 to get started.