A significant portion of Americans mistakenly believe that Medicare will cover their long-term care expenses, leaving many ...

Americans are badly misinformed about the basics of long-term care, a point driven home in numerous surveys and studies. One ...

Medicare is a cornerstone of health insurance for many Americans, yet it falls short in covering long-term care needs. This ...

Many seniors mistakenly believe Medicare pays for long-term or assisted living care. Here’s what’s actually covered—and what ...

Many adults approaching retirement expect that Medicare will pay for nursing care in the event of disability. It won't.

The study notes that 45% of Americans believe Medicare will pay for long-term care. However, Medicare doesn’t pay for custodial long-term care services after, at most, a 100-day stay.

Based on its 2025 Nationwide Retirement Institute Long-Term Care survey, the insurance giant found 58% of adults believe Medicare will cover long-term care costs, despite the program offering only ...

Christine Benz: There’s also widespread confusion about what Medicare covers in the context of people who need long-term care. And the short answer is that it doesn’t really cover long-term care.

How Medicaid cuts might affect long-term care. The current budget proposal would extend expiring tax cuts, adding about $3.8 trillion over the next decade to the federal deficit, ...

Medicare, the program for people over 65, does not pay for long nursing-home stays or for ongoing in-home help. For people with low incomes and few assets beyond a home, Medicaid will pick up the tab ...

Medicaid spends about $47,000 a year for a long-term care home stay on average — about $11,000 more than it spends to provide community-based and in-home care, according to research and polling ...