tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 26

Medicaid: Studies Say Medicaid Shoulders Too Much Burden

Medicaid must ID high-cost benes, say researchers. As a special, presidentially-appointed commission rolls up its sleeves to figure out how to cut billions out of the Medicaid budget, one independent think tank is offering some sobering figures on the enormity of the task. The Center for American Progress released two studies on Medicaid costs that indicate staggering current and future long-term care demands on the program. Researchers expressed concerns that Congress' budget resolution to cut $10 billion from Medicaid during the next five years could make the nation's LTC "safety net" a virtual death trap for seniors and...

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