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Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Need Home and Community-Based Services: Supporting Independent Living and Community Integration

Mar 27, 2014
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This report features nine seniors and people with disabilities living in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee, who rely on home and community-based services (HCBS). These profiles illustrate how beneficiaries’ finances, employment status, relationships, well-being, independence, and ability to interact with the communities in which they live---in addition to their health care---are affected by their Medicaid coverage and the essential role of HCBS in their daily lives.
Testimony: Income Security and the Elderly: Securing Gains Made in the War on Poverty

Mar 5, 2014
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Senior Vice President Patricia Neuman testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging as part of its hearing entitled Income Security and the Elderly: Securing Gains Made in the War on Poverty. As part of her testimony, she presented segments from a Foundation-produced video that highlights what it means to be old and poor in our country.
Old and Poor: America’s Forgotten

Mar 5, 2014
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While the Census Bureau’s official poverty measure shows 9 percent of seniors nationally live in poverty, the share climbs to about one in seven seniors (15 percent) under the Bureau’s alternative Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes into account out-of-pocket health expenses and geographic differences in the cost of living. Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Old and Poor: America's Forgotten provides a portrait of seniors who are living in poverty, in both urban and rural areas across the United States.
Long-Term Services and Supports in the Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries

Nov 25, 2013
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This issue brief compares the treatment of LTSS in the seven approved capitated financial alignment demonstrations for dual eligible beneficiaries.
Percent of Older Women on Medicare with Medicaid Coverage, by Age and Race/Ethnicity, 2009

Sep 18, 2013
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Percent of Older Women on Medicare with Medicaid Coverage, by Age and RaceEthnicity, 2009 Download…
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending by Medicare Beneficiaries 65 and Older, by Gender and Type of Service, 2009

Sep 18, 2013
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Out-of-Pocket Health Spending by Medicare Beneficiaries 65 and Older, by Gender and Type of Service, 2009 Download…
Income and Out-of-Pocket Expenses Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Gender and Age

Sep 18, 2013
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Income and Out-of-Pocket Expenses Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Gender and Age Download…
Income Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries 65 and Older, by Gender, 2009

Sep 18, 2013
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Income Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries 65 and Older, by Gender, 2009 Download…
Health and Functional Status of Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Age and Gender, 2009

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Health and Functional Status of Older Medicare Beneficiaries, by Age and Gender, 2009 Download…
Median Income of Medicare Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Over, by Gender, 2012

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Median Income of Medicare Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Over, by Gender, 2012 Download…

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