What Would Strengthen Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports?

August 1, 2013
What Would Strengthen Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports?
In August 2013, Diane Rowland, Sc.D. Executive Vice President, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before the Federal Commission on Long-Term Care. Her testimony focused on: 1) The population Medicaid serves today; 2) The role Medicaid plays in our long-term care systems; and 3) The gaps and potential improvements in the assistance Medicaid provides to individuals of all ages. Areas for reform recommended to the Commission included: 1) Development of a “single point of . . .