Medicaid was enacted in 1965 under the Lyndon Johnson administration as a social insurance program to provide lower-income Americans with the health care they need. Since then it has been solidly supported by all subsequent administrations as a social contract within our society, as a matter of fairness and necessity. As poverty and inequality have […]
Medicaid Work Requirement Would Harm Unemployed, Not Promote Work
Sharply reversing longstanding federal policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that states may block some low-income adults from getting Medicaid coverage if they’re not working or participating in work-related activities. Under prior administrations, CMS (a part of the Department of Health and Human Services) rejected several state requests to tie Medicaid eligibility […]
One Woman’s Slide From Middle Class to Medicaid
DEDHAM, Mass. — A dozen or so years into retirement, Rita Sherman had plenty going for her financially. Recently widowed, she had a net worth of roughly $600,000 as of 1998. Her health was excellent, and she dutifully purchased a long-term care insurance policy that would cover three years of nursing home costs should she ever need help. […]
Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes
ORANGE, Va. — Alice Jacobs, 90, once owned a factory and horses. She has raised four children and buried two husbands. But years in an assisted living center drained her savings, and now she relies on Medicaid to pay for her care at Dogwood Village, a nonprofit, county-owned nursing home here. “You think you’ve got […]
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