How Cory Booker would address long-term care

Sen. Cory Booker is addressing access to long-term health care and the workers who provide such services in his latest policy proposal

Sen. Cory Booker is addressing access to long-term health care and the workers who provide such services in his latest policy proposal — an issue of growing concern with the 65-and-older population projected to nearly double, to 88 million, by 2050.Medicaid currently makes people spend down their assets and have low income before they can qualify for long-term services and supports for the elderly or disabled, though eligibility rules vary by state.

Booker proposes having the federal government pick up the entire cost of covering more people under the expanded limits — a move his campaign maintains would allow states to expand eligibility without straining their budgets. Individuals who exceed the asset or income limits would also be able to buy in to the program, with cost-sharing determined on a sliding scale.There's no firm price tag.

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