Long-Term Care

Associations weigh in on Medicare/Medicaid preservation

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, July 26, 2007

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee this week approved legislation that would bolster the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by raising the federal tax on cigarettes to $1, according to the Federal Register.

What does that mean to long-term care providers? That the money to help SCHIP won't come out of Medicare and Medicaid, a move that was praised in press releases from the American Health Care Association, the American Medical Directors Association, and AARP.

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