Reports Explore Long-Term Care Issues Included in the Deficit Reduction Act
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005, which became law this February, includes several significant changes to Medicaid long-term care policies. The Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured is releasing five new reports on long-term care issues that were addressed by the DRA changes.
Long-term care accounts for 36 percent of Medicaid spending (over $100 billion annually) and is utilized by many of Medicaid's most costly beneficiaries, the low-income elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Medicaid Long-Term Services Reforms in the Deficit Reduction Act
Asset Transfer and Nursing Home Use: Empirical Evidence and Policy Significance
Nursing Home Transition Programs: Perspectives of State Medicaid Officials
Home Transition Programs: Perspectives of Medicaid Care Planners
