Md Agency Seeking Solutions to Costly Long-Term Care Dilemma

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Advocacy groups for senior citizens in Maryland are addressing the growing costs and limited resources for long-term care, a problem the state hopes to solve by next year's legislative session.

The United States currently spends $305 billion per year on Medicaid, and the figure is expected to double by 2014. In Maryland, the price tag for Medicaid is approaching $5 billion per year, which averages out to $1,000 in taxes for every man, woman and child.

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Md Agency Seeking Solutions to Costly Long-Term Care Dilemma

The program is not financially sustainable, said Nelson J. Sabatini, secretary of Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hyg...

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