with only MA, i take it that no SS means they never worked in their life, nor were they ever married long enough to get their husbands SS either...???Sorry, granny. There are union pension funds to be funded.
What? This is an outrage!
Why haven’t these good folks had the common decency to die already. Don’t they know Obama won?
There is an oxymoron if I ever read one.
Tip of the Obamacare berg ... more to come - quickly !
State homes should get ready for an influx of seniors when BammyCare begins to shrink.
That is horrible. I have an extra room. Will Medicaid pay me to take care of Granny?
It has taken a couple of generations but the reason our ancestors had large families is a lesson that will have to be relearned.
Up until recently it was the families oblication to take care of the young and the old.
It’s unfortunate that this is occuring, but it does present a pretty clear case for the need to buy long term care insurance early. Take charge of your own declining years so you don’t wind up on the gov’t dole. The power to pay for your nursing home is the power to select which one you go to.
Unfortunately this was bound to happen since Medicaid State Offices are increasingly begrudging their pay outs. In the past, they were probably quite willing to grandfather in seniors who were on Medicaid , but now that the states are looking for every dime, they are not going to pay premium support to a facility that has mostly people who pay privately. What is so tragic is that we are talking about human lives and elderly ones at that. Nearing the end of their lives, it is absolutely horrible to expect them to uproot and move elsewhere. I was glad to see that those in the news article found a place to live, particularly that one person who is going to relatives. Elderly people who are not sick should be living with family not in assisted living facilities.
Assisted living was supposed to be for those who had savings. They bought their way into these upper middle-class retirement centers with an upfront deposit of their savings. Who knew some were buying their way into this racket with medicare. Those people are supposed to go to nursing homes to get knocked around by lower class staff.
Seems to work out just fine for the government.
Everyone missed this, “Bebo said that once Assisted Living Concepts ends its Medicaid contract, it’s no longer legal for it to house anyone on Medicaid.
The state Legislature passed a law in 2008 prohibiting the eviction of residents with Medicaid; under the statute, those residents may stay as long as they choose.
If a facility has no Medicaid contract, it isn’t subject to the state requirement.”
This is a state law that Washington passed, OH THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OVERRULED THEM THOUGH!
So the bottom line, GRANNY IS KICKED OUT ON STREET DUE TO WA GOVERNMENT LIBERAL LAWS!
with only MA, i take it that no SS means they never worked in their life, nor were they ever married long enough to get their husbands SS either...???“The evicted residents paid their way with Medicaid...”
What?? If they “paid their way”, then why in #### were they on Medicaid??
or did these folks lose their medicare and got the boot??
On April 17, 2009, the Public Advocate revealed the results of an 18-month investigation of the involuntary discharge practices of Assisted Living Concepts facilities in New Jersey. The Public Advocate found the company broke its promises to elderly residents by allowing them to believe they could convert to Medicaid when their life savings were depleted. Instead, the company instituted a policy of involuntarily discharging elderly residents once they had spent-down all of their life savings, leaving them essentially destitute.