Trump wants to change Medicaid funding; could his ideas work?
- Written by Cossy Hough, Clinical Assistant Professor School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
Medicaid, which has provided safety net health care for millions of Americans with low incomes since 1965, pays for medical care for about 75 million people in the U.S., including almost two-thirds of those in nursing homes.
You likely know someone who benefits from Medicaid. It could be someone whose nursing home care is paid by Medicaid, even if...
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