Ohio Senator John Carey proposes that seniors should be allowed and encouraged to receive health care treatment at home when possible. He and his colleague, Sen. Dale Miller, have proposed modifying the state’s Medicaid program to give preference to treatment at home as opposed to putting seniors in nursing homes.

This item comes from the opinion section of The Times-Gazette of Hillsboro, Ohio.

Home First expansion would reduce health costs

By helping more Ohioans enter home and community-based care settings, the Home First program not only creates greater choice in our state’s health care system, but works to save Ohio taxpayers millions of dollars per year. According to data from the Ohio Department of Aging, it costs the state $560 per month for an individual receiving PASSPORT assistance and $842 for Assisted Living. But the state spends nearly $1,700 per patient, per month for nursing home care.

For seniors who are interested in maintaining independence, the preference for treatment at home should be welcome news indeed.

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