Analysis: Cutting Medicaid could jeopardize long term care for the elderly and disabled

How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on. NPR

...Reducing Medicaid services "would have profound effects on their health," says David Grabowski, health economist at Harvard Medical School. "These are services they need every day to bathe themselves, dress themselves, get themselves to the kitchen." Cuts could lead to hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and in some cases early death, he adds.

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