No One Is Talking About The GOP Health Plan’s Worst Outcome

An estimated 70 percent of us are expected to eventually need the services of a nursing home at least briefly, according to the National Association of Home Care and Hospice. But Medicare ? the health care system for older people that kicks in at 65 ? doesn’t cover extended stays in nursing homes. Instead, many people in need of nursing home services who lack private long-term care insurance (which is most of us) must use up their assets until they qualify for Medicaid, which does cover some nursing home stays.