...of 420%. Even when this is corrected for inflation, out-of-pocket spending still more than doubled. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...catastrophe has occurred. Almost one-half of Medicaid -3dollars for nursing home care is spent on behalf of persons who enter nursing homes as private paying...

...must 74-157 0-1987-3 either be poor or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...but only after financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home care is spent on behalf of persons who enter nursing...

...for Medicaid, one must either be poor or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...but only after financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home care is spent on behalf of persons who enter nursing...

...for Medicaid, one must either be poor or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...stay, so many eventually end up on Medicaid, but only atter financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home care...

...-274-157 0 - 1987 - 3 either be poor or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing home stay, so many eventually end up on Hedicaid, but only after financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for...

...or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford t-he exoense of an extended nursing home stay, so many eventually end up on Medicaid, but only atter financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home care...

...or reduced to poverty In the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford t-he exDense of an extended nursing home stay, so many eventually end up on Medicaid, but oniy atter financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home...

...catastrophic protection for older Americans is for help with the costs of long-term chronic illness. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing home stay which now averages nationally over $22,000 per year. Medicare and private insurance pay only a miniscule...

...of the pockets of residents and their families. Most of the remaining costs are paid under Medicaid. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...dollars for nursing home care is spent on behalf of person who enter nursing homes as private paying residents. The process of "spending down" one's income...

...Medicaid, one must -2either be poor or reduced to poverty in the process of trying to pay for care. Few people can afford the expense of an extended nursing...but only after financial catastrophe has occurred. Fully one-half of Medicaid dollars for nursing home care is spent on behalf of persons who enter nursing...