To: The Iowa State Senate
Governor Branstad: Medicaid Pay for Assisted Living
Help Iowa's elderly and save money by supporting the payment of assisted living by Iowa's Medicaid program. In most cases, assisted living costs the same or less than traditional nursing homes and offers an alternative to Iowa's elderly and their families.
Why is this important?
After a fall in her own home, my 95 year old mother spent two months in a nursing home before we discovered that assisted living options were open to her, providing a much more productive, cheerier atmosphere at a savings of over $1000 a month. However, when her money runs out she will be forced to move to more expensive care in a nursing home as Medicaid only pays for nursing home care.