Applying for Medicaid benefits, particularly long-term care benefits, can be difficult and confusing. Yet, it is a necessary evil for many who rely on Medicaid to ensure that they can afford the room, ...

When a loved one is in a nursing home or another similar long-term or skilled nursing facility, the expenses add up. At some point, the expenses often exceed the available resources that the loved one ...

The government has introduced two bipartisan bills to give states the flexibility to use contracted support to help process ...

The stakes are particularly high for people between the ages 50 and 64. ​ ...

For skilled nursing facility residents applying for long-term care Medicaid benefits, under federal regulation, all state agencies are required to issue an eligibility determination on the application ...

States were given the green light to begin Medicaid redeterminations in early April, yet many enrollees are still unaware of the process, according to a new survey. KFF analysts polled a ...

Some 7.3 million caregivers between the ages of 19 and 64 receive Medicaid coverage for their own health insurance, according ...