How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers

The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on.

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Apr 14, 2025 - 05:01
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How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers
Medicaid pays for nursing home care and for some in-home and community based care, such as aides like Lidia Vilorio, who gives her patient Martina Negron her medicine and a snack in her home on May 5, 2021, in Haverstraw, N.Y. Proposed cuts to Medicaid could hit such home-based services first, making life harder for family caregivers.

The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on.

(Image credit: Michael M. Santiago)

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