Report Says Health Reform Can Keep More Older Adults Out of Nursing Homes

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of the six month anniversary of the health reform law, a new report from the National Senior Citizens Law Center, with support from The SCAN Foundation, calls on states to use the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to end Medicaid's long-standing bias toward funding long-term care in institutional settings such as nursing homes.

The report, "10 Plus Years Since the Olmstead Ruling: Progress, Problems and Opportunities," describes steps forward and problems encountered since the landmark Supreme Court Olmstead ruling in 1999. In that ruling, the Court held that the unjustified isolation of people with disabilities in institutions is a form of unlawful discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Report Says Health Reform Can Keep More Older Adults Out of Nursing Homes

"The true message from the Olmstead ruling is that we need to create a long-term care system that is less reliant on keeping someone in a nursing home," says NSCLC Executive D...

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