GOP Budget: Nearly A MILLION Nursing Home Residents - Out On The Street
So Grandpa and his big potty chair might have to move back in with you and your family…
Posted on April 3, 2012
Hey! at least the wealthy will get more money.
What Happens to Current Nursing Home Residents if the House Budget Resolution Becomes Law? – Under the proposed budget resolution passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, nearly a million nursing home residents could immediately lose coverage for nursing home care. Further, all of the standards that govern nursing home care today could disappear.
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What Happens to Current Nursing Home Residents if the House Budget Resolution Becomes Law?
Under the proposed budget resolution passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, nearly a million nursing home residents could immediately lose coverage for nursing home care. Further, all of the standards that govern nursing home care today could disappear.
A study of the costs of nursing home care, released April 21, 2011 by John Hancock Financial, reports, "the national average annual cost of care in the U.S. is $85,775 for a private room in a nursing home; $75,555 for a semi-private room in a nursing home."[1]
The House Republican Budget Resolution purports not to change Medicare for new beneficiaries until 2022. But, for current Medicare beneficiaries who live in nursing facilities, the overwhelming majority of whom rely on Medicaid for their nursing home coverage, the impact of the Budget Resolution would be immediate and devastating. With the repeal of Medicaid, fewer residents would be covered by Medicaid and more of the costs of nursing home care would be dramatically shifted to residents and states, and, for the first time, to residents' families. Residents could be required to pay for prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D, whereas, under current law, those with Medicaid have no cost-sharing. And all current federal standards of care for nursing homes could be lost.
Nursing home residents using Medicaid already pay for a considerable portion of the nursing home charges for their care. They are required to contribute virtually all of their income toward the cost of their nursing home care, usually retaining only a small monthly personal needs allowance.[2] In addition, states can recapture the cost of a Medicaid resident's nursing home care by placing a lien on the resident's property and by collecting from the resident's estate after the resident's death.[3] No other Medicaid beneficiaries are required to repay the Medicaid program in this way for Medicaid benefits they received.
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/2011/04/21/what-happens-to-current-nursing-home-residents-if-the-house-budget-resolution-becomes-law/
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what Reagan started 