Medicaid and the Elderly Story aired: Thursday, February 10, 2005
Medicaid is a state and federal program designed to provide healthcare for the poor and disabled, but critics say it has become inheritance insurance for the middle and upper class.
Although most people think of Medicaid as the program that provides health insurance to poor children and their families, it's also the program that pays for nursing home care for indigent elderly and disabled adults. It's this part of the Medicaid program that we're looking at today.
Guests:
Jim Frogue, an expert on Medicaid for the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Harry Margolis, an elder law attorney in Boston.
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