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Public Policy Institute
Keeping Watch: Building State Capacity to Oversee Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Many states are expanding Medicaid managed care to provide long-term services and supports (LTSS) to older adults and people with disabilities. More
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August 3, 2012
The High Cost of Capping Federal Medicaid Funding
Examines federal and state policymakers’ reasons for and against changing federal Medicaid policy in an effort to balance the budget. More
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July 29, 2011
Health Care Reform Improves Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
A look at how health reform improves access to home and community-based services. An AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Lina Walker. More
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July 29, 2011
Access to Long-Term Services and Supports: A 50-State Survey of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Standards
This PPI Insight on the Issue by Lina Walker and Jean Accius provides a long-awaited update to existing data on Medicaid financial eligibility standards for nursing home and home and community-based w ... More
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July 29, 2011
In Brief: Protections in Medicaid Estate Recovery: Findings, Promising Practices, and Model Notices
A succinct summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Erica F. Wood and Ellen M. Klem of the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging describing promising ... More
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June 18, 2010
In Brief: Let the Sunshine In: Ensuring Public Involvement in State Medicaid Policy Making
This short summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper examines the processes states have in place to solicit public input into Medicaid policy changes developed and imple ... More
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June 18, 2010
In Brief: Millions of Low-Income Americans Can't Get Medicaid: What Can Be Done?
This brief summary of a similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute report by Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute examines why Medicaid fails to cover millions of low-income, uninsured adults, includin ... More
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June 18, 2010
The Medicaid Personal Care Services Benefit: Practices in States that Offer the Optional State Plan Benefit
Many states provide individualized assistance with daily living activities to people with disabilities through Medicaid's optional personal care services program. This AARP Public Policy Institute Iss ... More
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June 1, 2010
Questions and Answers on Medicaid Estate Recovery for Long-Term Care Under OBRA '93
This report presents a straightforward analysis the estate recovery provisions under OBRA '93 and how they apply to nursing home residents. More
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May 9, 2010
In Brief: The Medicaid Personal Care Services Benefit: Practices in States that Offer the Optional State Plan Benefit
A short summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper in which Laura L. Summer and Emily S. Ihara of Georgetown University examine the Medicaid Personal Care Services option ... More
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May 4, 2010
