Finally, someone has something positive to say about Congress.
Steve Moses of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform wrote a piece for The Heartland Institute titled, Analysis: Congress Strengthens Long-Term Care. Moses writes:
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2006, signed into law by President George W. Bush on February 8, curbs Medicaid planning abuse (the sheltering of assets to make a non-eligible person eligible for Medicaid long-term care coverage) and releases the Long-Term Care (LTC) Partnership program for nationwide expansion. The latter consists of private/public partnerships that encourage people to purchase long-term care insurance by allowing them to keep their assets if they ever exhaust their insurance and have to turn to Medicaid.
Although the White House calls the legislation The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, we should assume it’s the same act Moses writes about since both reference the February 8 passage date.
The law contains positive provisions for long term care providers and people truly in need of Medicaid. Moses is definitely an expert in this area, and I encourage you to read the entire article to find out why.
