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Title: Incentives for Home and Community Based Care Under the Affordable Care Act
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: One in three 65-year-olds will require long-term care at some point in their lives. Medicaid covers approximately 60% of all long-term care expenses, but does not cover care received at home or in assisted living unless under a state waiver program. The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Balancing Incentives Program authorized over $3 billion to support Medicaid coverage of home and community based long-term care. A reduction in the elderly population living in nursing homes could have important implications for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Low-income elderly are eligible for SSI but receive substantially lower payments if living in a nursing home. This study investigates the question: What was the impact of the ACA’s Balancing Incentives Program on living arrangements of the financially vulnerable elderly and their receipt of SSI?
Url: https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/conference/pdf/2019RDRC P6 Hochfellner.pdf
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Authors: Hamman, Mary, K; Helppie-McFall, Brooke; Hochfellner, Daniela
Conference Name: 21st Annual SSA Research Consortium Meeting
Publisher Location: Washington, D.C.
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Aging and Retirement, Housing and Segregation, Population Health and Health Systems
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