Elderly parent is on Medicaid in nursing home, will they lose financing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im not sure I understand your question? If she’s there, and Medicaid is paying, what makes you think they’d stop? Your relative, at their age, also has Medicare

I guess you haven't heard of Trump's budget bill?

OP, yes.

You should call your congressman and senator and complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Your parent’s situation will not change. The doomsday press has been spreading so many lies.

So, you think one trillion in Medicaid cuts over the next ten years means no one’s situation is going to change?

Get your head out of the sand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay tuned. Overspending by the GOP will trigger automatic cuts in Medicare.

Government has been overspending for over a century.
Government will continue to overspend until it all crashes. Fiat currency be like it be.

Government hasn’t been overspending. It has been under taxing the rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not understanding the question. We don't know if they will cut long-term care medicaid to pay for nursing homes or not. If they did, not sure what their plan would be to care for all these people.

They don’t have a “plan” because they don’t believe government exists to provide services to people or a social safety net. I swear the fact that you even ask this makes me want to shake you.

[Anonymous]

Who knows OP.

I'm so glad my parents are already dead and didn't have to live to deal with this. Never thought I would say that, but here we are.

[Anonymous]

I predict a lot more euthanasia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse is an executive VP in the LTC business. They are not panicking yet. But everyone acknowledges that
Funding may be lost. If that happens your relative will be evicted if that is their payor source. And if the home shuts down, there won’t be any chance of them being forced to keep people who don’t/can’t pay. Thing is that this is an evolving situation and no one knows what will be affected. But the places that will be hit the hardest are those with insufficient private pay to cover the losses.

Its a different medicaid, its long term care medicaid, not regular so its funded differently. Its anyones guess what will happen.

It is not funded differently.

The rules for qualifying for long-term nursing homes are different than basic Medicaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse is an executive VP in the LTC business. They are not panicking yet. But everyone acknowledges that
Funding may be lost. If that happens your relative will be evicted if that is their payor source. And if the home shuts down, there won’t be any chance of them being forced to keep people who don’t/can’t pay. Thing is that this is an evolving situation and no one knows what will be affected. But the places that will be hit the hardest are those with insufficient private pay to cover the losses.

Its a different medicaid, its long term care medicaid, not regular so its funded differently. Its anyones guess what will happen.

It is not funded differently.

The rules for qualifying for long-term nursing homes are different than basic Medicaid.

Qualifing is different and funding is different but its a combination of state and federal funds so if they cut federal funds, are they going to block grant it or are they going to let the states figure it out. They are two different programs, with different qualifications but both care called medicaid.

[Anonymous]

I predict a lot more euthanasia.

Do you think we'll have the death panels that Sara Palin talked about?

[Anonymous]

^Remember this?

https://www.politico.com/story/2009/08/palin-doubles-down-on-death-panels-026078

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay tuned. Overspending by the GOP will trigger automatic cuts in Medicare.

Government has been overspending for over a century.
Government will continue to overspend until it all crashes. Fiat currency be like it be.

Government hasn’t been overspending. It has been under taxing the rich.

Because that's and endless fountain of money for anything and everything - just keep raising taxes, and we can have everything! No need for fiscal discipline, or to make choices, just take it from those who earned it. That'll work out well over the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the question?

Re-read the OP. The sentence preceding the '?' is the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who knows OP.

I'm so glad my parents are already dead and didn't have to live to deal with this. Never thought I would say that, but here we are.

My late parents voted for Trump and received every benefit from Medicare and Social Security through their mid-90s. Too bad they didn't think he'd screw their children and grandchildren.

[Anonymous]

Not a Trump supporter (actually hate him) but I also know there is significant fraud within Medicaid. I just hope they can discern between a lazy a$$ 40yo vs a “legit” 90yo on Medicaid. No doubt there will be collateral damage I fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I predict a lot more euthanasia.

Honestly anyone who is in a Medicaid nursing home might be better off choosing euthanasia. It’s not great to be there to put it mildly, and if one is there, that means either that they are very difficult and won’t live a normal life or that their relatives don’t care about them.