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

 Beyond Cash and Counseling: An Inventory of Individual Budget-based Community Long-Term Care Programs

 Nursing Home Transition Programs: Perspectives of State Medicaid Officials

 Home Transition Programs: Perspectives of Medicaid Care Planners