title: Long-term care: should taxpayers foot the bill?
abstract: Taxpayers already finance most long-term care--through Medicaid, after patients become impoverished. There are those who see a more civilized--and expensive--government role.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States