Who Uses Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports? December 14, 2023 Issue Brief This analysis examines the characteristics of Medicaid enrollees who use Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS), how enrollees who use LTSS differ from those who do not use these services, and how enrollees who use different types of LTSS differ from each other.
Many Older Women Have Limitations That Predispose Them to Needing Long-term Care March 13, 2013 Slide
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Utilization of Selected Medical and Long-Term Care Services, 2009 July 15, 2013 Slide
Examing the Role of Private Long-Term Care Insurance in the Financing of Long-Term Care May 30, 2009 Issue Brief As the long-standing gap between Americans’ need for long-term care services and the public and private funding available to pay for them grows ever wider, this policy brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examines the fundamentals of private long-term care insurance. The brief describes the results…
New Reports Explain Medicaid’s Role in Long-Term Care and Track Trends October 31, 2005 Issue Brief With short and long-term policy changes to the Medicaid program being discussed, its role in providing long-term care is receiving closer examination. Medicaid is the single largest source of financing for long-term care, accounting for nearly half of all the nation’s spending for long-term care services, and demographic trends are…
Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and Disabled October 31, 2005 Issue Brief Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and DisabledThis updated report provides a review of how Medicaid works for people with long-term care needs and describes the fiscal challenges that states currently face and that Medicaid may face in the future as the population ages.Report (.pdf)Executive Summary (.pdf)