Cuts To Medicaid May Limit Access To Nursing Homes

JORDAN RAU, NY Times: Science
Sat, 06/24/2017 - 3:47pm

Medicaid, targeted by Republicans’ health care bills, pays for most of the 1.4 million elderly people in nursing homes. Cutbacks to the program may limit their care.

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Cuts To Medicaid May Limit Access To Nursing Homes

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