Medicaid Defense

Nearly 80 million people, including over 7 million seniors, rely on Medicaid for health and long-term care. Without Medicaid, most older adults who need help with daily activities would not be able to afford home-based or nursing facility care. Medicaid helps millions of older adults pay their Medicare cost-sharing and also covers vital benefits that Medicare does not, such as dental, vision, hearing, and non-emergency medical transportation. Many paid and unpaid caregivers for older adults also rely on Medicaid for their own health coverage.

Federal proposals to cut funding for Medicaid to states or restrict eligibility would all lead to the same result: cutting health and long-term care for seniors.

Justice in Aging has developed written resources, analyses, training materials, and advocacy tools that describe the impact cuts would have on older adults, their caregivers, and families and to equip advocates with the tools needed to protect the program.

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