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Medicaid cuts could devastate elderly in Florida nursing homes
What would happen if Florida no longer had the money to pay for senior care?
Most of Florida’s elderly don’t have the means to pay for their care, with the average annual cost of a nursing-home bed ranging from $104,000 to almost $117,000 in 2023, according to KFF, a nonprofit providing health policy research and polling. Shawn Corley, president of Solaris HealthCare Properties, worries about the day he cannot accept a new Medicaid resident at one of his 20 long-term care facilities in Florida. “We don’t know where they are aiming the cuts right now, but the impact could be a senior at home, who is getting Medicaid funding for an aide to help them make a sandwich or shop for groceries or help them brush their teeth, could see those services eliminated,” said Pam Wiener, president of the nonprofit Palm Beach County Partnership for Aging.
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