Medicaid Expansion, Long-Term Care Financing in Retirement States and the Post World War II Birth Cohort

This policy brief contains a formal consideration of ideas discussed during a presentation to the 2012 Syracuse Seminar on Aging. Like most briefs, it will appeal to policy makers and academics craving detailed demographic, fiscal and policy data. This brief focuses on limitations faced by states as they finance long-term care. It is primarily concerned with the Medicaid expansion and growing need for care as the post-World War II cohort reaches the age of frailty.