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A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
The personal needs allowance, created in 1972, was meant to cover anything a resident might need that its facility didn't provide, from a phone to clothes to a gift for a grandchild. In some states, it's still only $30.
Medicaid's personal needs allowance is meant to pay for anything not provided by the home, from a phone to clothes and shoes to a birthday present for a grandchild, but Congress hasn’t raised the allowance in decades.
A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
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