and it provides states with the incentive to implement the same coverage for adults in traditional Medicaid. The access barriers for these vulnerable older and low-income adultshave been well documentedand the IRA is a major step toward finally eliminating them....
Mike explained the unpleasant reality of Weem’s business model. “Forty percent of our business is indigents or Medicaid. We get fifty cents on the dollar for Medicaid patients, zero for indigent care. When I spend a dollar on direct care, I’m only taking in sixty cents.” What keeps ...