Medicaid and Long-Term Care: New Challenges, New Opportunities, and Implications for a Comprehensive National Long-Term Care Strategy
June 2010
Prepared for: Genworth Financial
Lewin contact: Lisa Alecxih
A number of factors will likely result in dramatic changes to the financing and delivery of long-term care (LTC) services—an increasing population of older people and people with disabilities, a severe economic recession, the new national health reform law, and other recent developments. This study, conducted by The Lewin Group for Genworth Financial, synthesizes the latest available data on Medicaid and LTC trends; takes a new look at LTC financing challenges and possible solutions in light of these historic changes; and proposes guidelines for consideration in developing a comprehensive, national long-term care solution.