| First, what is Medicaid?..........
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| | "We are completely at the mercy of
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| Well, Medicaid is a Federal medical bills
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| | Medicaid for our stability," she said.
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| assistance program that pays medical
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| | Flannery said that for the current rate
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| bills for eligible, needy persons. It is
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| | year, which ends Sept. 30, nursing homes
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| administered by each state. All payments
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| | in North Carolina are projected to incur
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| are made directly to the providers of
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| | a $117-million loss for Medicaid
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| medical and other health care services.
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| | patients..
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| The Medicaid-eligible person does not pay
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| | "You can only bleed your private-pay
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| the health care provider for services.
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| | patients so much," Flannery said.
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| The only exception is a patient in a
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| | If changes aren't made, wage-earners in
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| Medicaid-approved nursing facility who
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| | future decades could be paying larger
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| may be required to contribute part of his
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| | sums of their earnings just to help pay
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| her income toward the cost of care.
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| | for the upkeep of the elderly and other
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| Medicaid is welfare for the poor, the
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| | health benefits, he said.
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| true and honest poor. Medicaid is NOT
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| | At the current pace, 40 percent of all
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| for people of means trying to fake
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| | wages would be needed to pay for Social
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| impoverishment in order to get on the
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| | Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans
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| dole. That door has been slammed shut.
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| | Administration benefits by 2050, Moses
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| Reflecting a national problem, leaders of
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| | said.
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| North Carolina's nursing home and
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| | "The trends can't continue and won't," he
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| long-term care facilities say that the
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| | added.
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| money which Medicaid provides for patient
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| | Flannery would like to see a tax credit
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| care simply isn't enough to cover costs.
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| | reinstated that would give individuals a
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| North Carolina's problems reflect a
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| | break if they purchase their own long
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| grrowing national concern. It's a trend
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| | term care insurance, and we agree.
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| that likely could send the industry
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| | In any case, long term care insurance is
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| spiralling into a financial crash, said
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| | wise for all to consider, as you cannot
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| the head of a reform group.
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| | count on the citizenry and its elected
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| As the public funding infrastructure
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| | officials to loosen their purse strings
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| implodes over the next decade or two,
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| | at this late date. It won't happen any
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| we're going to hurt a lot of poor people
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| | time soon, believe me. That's
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| who won't have any access to a decent
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| | fantasy-based wishful thinking. Period.
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| safety net.
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| | Long term care insurance activist, Clay
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| Stacy Flannery, with the N.C. Health Care
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| | Cotton, writes for - The Online Baby
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| Facilities Association, said that nursing
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| | Boomers Decision Assistance Center, where
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| homes in North Carolina are approaching a
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| | you get Free Long Term Care Insurance
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| $14-per-patient per-day loss when caring
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| | advice, comparative rate quotes and
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| for Medicaid patients. And she said that
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| | personal guidance, all while safely at
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| the care of about 75 percent of the
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| | home in your favorite pajamas and bunny
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| patients in North Carolina nursing homes
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| | slippers.
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| is paid for by Medicaid.
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