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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some are confusing Medicare and Medicaid.  They sound similar but are different.[/quote]

Medicare is health care for seniors.  Medicaid is for low income.  You can get both or one.

Long term care medicaid is a separate program that someone keeps saying it isn't.  My MIL qualified for long-term medicaid but not regular Medicaid and her income was around $1K a month.  Two very different programs.[/quote]

Good grief, Medicaid is one program that serves different populations (e.g. kids, childless adults, elderly) through different eligibility pathways. Eligibility standards may vary by the population that is covered but all of it is financed jointly by the states and the federal government. There isn’t a separate pool of money that finances Medicaid long term care — it’s all part of the same mix. The main way Medicaid programs vary is from state to state.

Please read this explainer, especially Nos. 5 and 6: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid/[/quote]

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