...for single persons and $60,000 for married persons. 3. Three-month "Front-end" Nursing Home Care * Individuals pay 20% of the costs of care up to a maximum...of the national average cost of nursing home care. 15 FINANCING 1. The federal government is responsible for the home and community-based care program...

...recommended that client copayment requirements for the long-term home care benefit be set at 20 percent of the costs of care up to a maximum of the national average cost of home and community-based care. NAHC has consistently opposed cost-sharing because copayments unfairly...