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I've been a nurse forever. Most elder's families do not take care of them long term. It isn't feasible (they work and have to earn money) or can't handle it. Have you ever taken care of a dementia patient 24/7?? Please think about it seriously. Even the professional caregivers get burnt out....and they get to go home every day. It's just not reality and something that happens. Even the wealthiest (who I work with) families don't want too much involvement. They can't or don't want to do it. It's overwhelming and they have responsibilities themselves.
So... you don't agree with anyone thinking through "what if" scenarios for proposals? For anything that is proposed, your stance is, "I'll approve every idea and wait to see what happens so I know for sure?" Of course we're evaluating what MAY happen because it's an important part of formulating an opinion.
Why would you want to form an opinion something that does NOT EXIST yet?
Any ideas about what would happen to retirees like 90 year old Alice Jacobs of Orange, Virginia if she is forced out of her county nursing home due to proposed Medicaid cuts? For those without family..... (in the NY Times article below) She once owned a factory and horses, but her funds are exhausted.
Maybe churches would help find a place for her to live? But needing the services that a nursing home provides, that seems complicated or beyond reach.
Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes
What makes you think the elderly will be forced out of nursing homes or that particular faucet of medicaid will be cut?
per the linked article:
While most Medicaid enrollees are children, pregnant women and nonelderly adults, long-term services such as nursing homes account for 42 percent of all Medicaid spending — even though only 6 percent of Medicaid enrollees use them.
What makes you think the elderly will be forced out of nursing homes or that particular faucet of medicaid will be cut?
per the linked article:
While most Medicaid enrollees are children, pregnant women and nonelderly adults, long-term services such as nursing homes account for 42 percent of all Medicaid spending — even though only 6 percent of Medicaid enrollees use them.
This is an important question and a gap in the current bill. It doesn't specify which parts of Medicaid has to take cuts in the future. So if Medicaid only has 10 dollars to dole out, who is determining that it goes to Unemployed Lazy Joe or Grandma? As far as I can tell, it's first come first serve as soon as you get qualified. I think some structure around that would at least make some people here feel a lot better about it.
Cutting billions while the population of elderly needing assisted living is growing, the population of children who need services is growing, the population of those with disabilities is growing ... means that there will not be enough funds for the ones on Medicaid now, let alone the new ones coming along.
This is an important question and a gap in the current bill. It doesn't specify which parts of Medicaid has to take cuts in the future. So if Medicaid only has 10 dollars to dole out, who is determining that it goes to Unemployed Lazy Joe or Grandma? As far as I can tell, it's first come first serve as soon as you get qualified. I think some structure around that would at least make some people here feel a lot better about it.
Yet we go straight to the elderly being forced out of nursing homes.
When monies were cut for the block grants it was the elderly are going to die of starvation and neglect because MOW federal money is being cut.
Agreed it would be nice to know the details of the cuts over the 10 year period, but alas we dont.
This is an important question and a gap in the current bill. It doesn't specify which parts of Medicaid has to take cuts in the future. So if Medicaid only has 10 dollars to dole out, who is determining that it goes to Unemployed Lazy Joe or Grandma? As far as I can tell, it's first come first serve as soon as you get qualified. I think some structure around that would at least make some people here feel a lot better about it.
Each states makes decisions on how Medicaid is divided up.
States have the option of funding long-term care via Medicaid. Not all do.
Cutting billions while the population of elderly needing assisted living is growing, the population of children who need services is growing, the population of those with disabilities is growing ... means that there will not be enough funds for the ones on Medicaid now, let alone the new ones coming along.
Some will shoved off the bus.
If all this tax dollar need is growing while the tax base isnt what is going to happen? Where will the increase in dollars come from?
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Of course we're evaluating what MAY happen because it's an important part of formulating an opinion.
