The Bush administration's proposal to overhaul Medicaid jeopardizes the health and safety of millions of elderly and disabled Americans who could suddenly find themselves ineligible for Medicaid coverage, elder law experts and patient advocates tell ElderLawAnswers. It is even possible...

Across the nation, state officials are raising Medicaid eligibility standards and cutting services in a desperate effort to close budget gaps. Here is a report from Oklahoma, where officials say they have no choice but to cut Medicaid funding...

Disabled recipients of Medicaid home care services are much happier under an experimental program that allows them to hire the helpers themselves, a new study concludes. More . . .

Led by Connecticut and Minnesota, a growing number of cash-strapped states are considering making it more difficult for older Americans to transfer assets in order to gain Medicaid coverage of nursing home care. More . . .

An ElderLawAnswers law firm has won an important legal victory in preventing an Indiana nursing home from forcing a 98-year-old Medicaid resident to move to a part of the facility set aside for patients whose care is funded by Medicaid.

Consumers in eight states are now able to compare'“for the first time--the quality of care provided by home health care agencies in their state. More . . .

Nursing homes in a dozen states account for nearly three-fourths of the most severe and repeated violations of nursing home patient care standards according to a Gannett News Service investigation. Texas heads the list. More . . .

At the close of a rare overnight session, House of Representatives voted 212-206 early this morning to cut $39.7 bil...