Medicaid Long-term Care: The Ticking Time Bomb

March 6, 2010 Researchers at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions made projections about the extent of Medicaid long term care (LTC) cost growth for ten states. The projections included a base projection, the best, worst, and most likely scenarios for Medicaid expenditures. The four projections included:  The base case which used current Medicaid expenditures trends without intervention The best case scenario with a five percent savings in future Medicaid LTC expenditures without enrollment increases The worst case scenario with a 40% increase in Medicaid enrollment without cost savings The most likely scenario with a 20% increase in Medicaid enrollment . . .