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1960-1969

Thu, 03/23/2006 - 10:20am — Karen Stevenson
Summary: Government payments escalate, Nursing home quality concerns escalate, Medicare and Medicaid are created and costs explode, Medicare/Medicaid statistics, Medicare slashes nursing home coverage, The "Fevered Fifty" soar and crash.
  • Welfare programs for nursing home care are expanded.
  • Government payments escalate.
  • More money is routed into home and community-based services.
  • Demand for nursing home beds increases.
  • Nursing home quality concerns escalate.
  • Medicare is created.
  • The Older Americans Act is enacted.
  • Medicaid is created as an afterthought.
  • Medicare coverage for nursing homes is limited.
  • Medicaid provides coverage for nursing home care.
  • Medicare costs quickly exceed projections.
  • Medicaid costs quickly exceed expectations.
  • Nursing Home Supply, Expenditures, and Utilization, Mid-Twentieth Century
  • Moss Amendments strengthen fire and nursing standards.
  • Intermediate Care Facilities create catch-all for non-compliant homes.
  • Hundreds of nursing homes close, but quality remains a concern.
  • Medicare cuts nursing home coverage drastically.
  • Stocks of the Fevered Fifty publicly-traded nursing home companies soar, then crash.
‹ Quality of Nursing Home Care National ConcerupWelfare programs for nursing home care are expanded. ›
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