Howard Gleckman

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  • Opinion Column

    The Last Taboo

    We live in a time when seemingly no subject is taboo. Yet, there remains one subject Americans seem unable to talk about in an honest and rational way: the inevitable decline of old age.

    By Howard Gleckman
  • Opinion Column

    Get Medicaid Out Of The Long-Term Care Business

    While states and the federal government struggle to update Medicaid though a maze of waiver programs and patches to an increasingly outdated law, their efforts are a little like trying to add disc breaks and electronic ignition to a 1965 Plymouth. It is, in the end, still a 1965 Plymouth.

    By Howard Gleckman
  • Opinion Column

    Boosting Home Care: An Uphill Battle

    Once a senior begins receiving long-term care services, she and her family often are in for two shocks. The first is that Medicare won't pay beyond perhaps a few months after a hospitalization. The second is that while Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor, may help, chances are it will only do so for nursing home residents.

    By Howard Gleckman

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