concluded budget session in Albany saw managed long-term care plans fight for their survival after some lawmakers proposed a bill that would have scrapped the program.
MLTC epitomizes Medicaid’s importance and value. Eliminating the plans would have disrupted care for about 300,000 New Yorkers with disabilities, as well as older residents who need full-time assistance and care to live independently and can no longer perform everyday activities on their own — including the more than 18,000 people served by our organization in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County.
Stories from our members illustrate firsthand examples of how this approach materializes in life-altering value for New York’s most vulnerable populations. And during a routine home visit, one of our nurse care managers entered to find the power out with no food in the house, prompting her to stock the cupboards and get the lights turned back on.
This uncertainty often comes when New York is at the cusp of a massive demographic shift: Our state has one of the oldest populations in the country and a steadily increasing number of elderly and disabled residents, a number that is predicted to skyrocket as Baby Boomers age.