The Basic Rules of Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility
For all practical purposes in the United States the only “insurance” plan for long-term institutional care is Medicaid. Medicare only pays for approximately 7 percent of skilled nursing care in the United States. Private insurance pays for even less. The result is that most people pay out of their own pockets for long-term care until they become eligible for Medicaid While Medicare is an entitlement program, Medicaid is a form of welfare-or at least that’s how it began. So to
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