Spending down for Medicaid Eligibility in Section 209(B) States: Should the Procedures Be ChangedIn analyzing the income requirements for Medicaid eligibility, Elizabeth Melady finds fault with the" section 209 (b)" state spend-down provisions. Generally, the Social Security Act requires states to...
When researchers drilled down on the use of institutional LTSS varied by age, they found that dual eligible beneficiaries under the age of 65 had much higher spending in these institutions, whereas dual eligible beneficiaries over age 65 had much higher spending. “Use of Medicaid-covered in...
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid spending do not have to be approved in budgets while defense does. Below is quote from the...
Whatever happens, “I will sit down in my Jacuzzi tonight,” he said. “I’m going to lay back with a stogie.” This is the guy who dares to chide others for not doing their job. 2/3 requirementDarrell Steinbergstate spendingTaxesYacht Party...
“social benefits,” or “payments from social insurance funds, such as social security and Medicare, and payments providing other income support, such as Medicaid and food stamp benefits.” “grants-in-aid to state and local governments.” “transfers to the rest of the world,” or “fed...
health programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and health research. income security programs, such as means-tested welfare, old-age benefits, disability benefits, unemployment benefits, social services, and funds spent during the Covid-19 pandemic on paycheck protection and lockdown relief. educatio...
in this report, rising steadily (except for a one-year drop in FY2012) from $116 billion in FY2008 to $155 billion in FY2015. However, the share of low-income spending devoted to cash aid in FY2015 (18%) was down slightly from most previous years, when it hovered at or near 20%...
thus requiring a draw-down of trust fund balances. The Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) program faces more immediate challenges. According to actuarial projections of the Social Security trustees, the DI trust fund will be exhausted by 2023 under current policies, although tax collections in...
I argue that expanded Medicaid coverage likely has a greater impact on spending patterns for black households relative to white households.To estimate the effect of Medicaid coverage on households' consumption and investment patterns, I rely on state-level variation in Medicaid eligibility for families...
We estimated linear regression models that included random effects for each practice to understand practice-level variation in standardized RT-specific spending and sequentially added variables to control for year, patient demographic and clinical characteristics (sex, race and ethnicity, Medicaid eligibility...