Medicaid
Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Older People: State Variations in Access to Home and Community-Based Waiver and Nursing Home Services
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Enid Kassner, AARP Public Policy Institute
Lee Shirey, National Academy on an Aging Society
April 2000
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Do the financial eligibility criteria for Medicaid discourage older persons with disabilities from being cared for at home? An examination of state standards by Enid Kassner of AARP's Public Policy Institute and Lee Shirey of the National Academy on an Aging Society sheds light on the ways in which some states' rules result in a bias toward institutionalization over home care. (27 pages)
Pub ID: 2000-06