Should Medicaid long-term care be fixed or replaced?
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Howard Gleckman
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Howard Gleckman
@howard_gleckman
Author, Caring for Our Parents; Urban Institute; Editor, Tax Vox, Tax Policy Center
Washington, DC Katılım Ocak 2010
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My look at a plan to shift home and community based long-term care from Medicaid to Medicare
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #medicare #medicaid #seniors #hcbs #longtermcare #peoplewithdisabilities
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Do older adults need tests like colonoscopies or drugs like levothyroxine?
howardgleckman.com/2026/04/21/do-… #healthcare #olderadults #seniors
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@pash22 Column can also be read here:
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Do Older Adults Need Routine Colonoscopies Or Low Thyroid Drugs? forbes.com/sites/howardgl… via @howard_gleckman
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Many older adults do not need screening colonoscopies or the low thyroid drug levothyroxine:
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #coloncancer #healthcare #seniors #olderadults
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Trump promotes consumer choice in health care but limits access to popular Medicaid home care
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #medicaid #olderadults #hcbs #seniors
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Trump's Iran war is imposing a massive carbon tax on consumers
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #IranWar #taxes #taxtwitter
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Medicare's new LEAD effort aims to reduce falls by older adults and younger people w disabilities while Trump would cut other anti-falls efforts:
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #olderadults #seniors @CMSGov #Medicaid #medicare
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The Hill GOP wants Trump to unilaterally index capital gains taxes for inflation. It is economically and legally dubious
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #taxes #taxtwitter
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Some Democrats would eliminate taxes for middle income households. What would it mean for democracy?
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #taxes #taxtwitter
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A way to think about the tech and AI-related choices older adults make
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #AI #seniors #olderadults @StephenGolant
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Congress froze the budget for Meals on Wheels and other senior food programs. More older adults will go hungry.
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #olderadults #seniors _@MealsOnWheels
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How would Trump's retirement saving plan really work? There are lots of questions,:
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #retirement #taxes
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Trump again claims tariffs will raise enough money to replace the income tax. They can't:
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #Tariffs #taxes #taxtwitter
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Honored to be speaking at Suburban Hospital grand rounds tomorrow. I'll be discussing how new payment models and health care cost pressures can create new opportunities for integrated, patient-centered care.
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The government will spend 1/3 of income tax revenues just to pay interest on its debt:
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #taxes #budgetdeficit #TaxTwitter
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You have about a 50/50 chance of needing paid long-term care in old age and you'll need to save an average of $135,000 to pay for it.
forbes.com/sites/howardgl… #longtermcare #seniors
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Congress freezes funding for most federal programs for older adults but rejects Trump efforts to kill them
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Talk about brazen. Especially coming from someone from Texas.
Ted Cruz@tedcruz
A brazen abuse of power & an insult to democracy. 47% of VA voted Trump. They will now get just 9% of the seats. 52% of VA voters voted Harris. Now they get 91% of the seats. (By comparison, in TX, 56% voted Trump; GOP gets 79% of the seats.)
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Medicare may effectively freeze 2027 payments to Medicare Advantage plans. Shareholders are unhappy but what would it mean for enrollees:
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