“10 Things to Know About Medicaid,” by Alice Burns, Elizabeth Hinton, Robin Rudowitz, and Maiss Mohamed, KFF
“Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health and long-term care to 83 million low-income people in the United States. Medicaid accounts for one-fifth of health care spending, more than half of spending for long-term care, and a large share of state budgets. Medicaid is jointly financed by states and the federal government but administered by states within broad federal rules. Because states have a degree of flexibility to determine what populations and services to cover, how to deliver care, and how much to reimburse providers, there is significant variation across states in program spending and the share of state residents covered by the program.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
The implicit takeaway from this brief is that Medicaid is good so it should not be cut. But Medicaid is not perfect. Not by a long shot. Trillions in waste, fraud and abuse are waiting to be saved while improving care access and quality simultaneously. How? Read just about anything on the Paragon Health Institute’s website including “Long-Term Care: The Problem,” “Long-Term Care: The Solution,” and Medicaid’s $100+ Billion Leak.