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Wisconsin’s long-term care crisis: Staffing troubles, low Medicaid rates prompt closures
Barbara Hendricks needs at least 10 residents to pay out of pocket for her 22-bed assisted living facility in Horicon, Wisconsin, to survive. That’s because the other residents in the Dodge County home, Marvin’s Manor, rely solely on Medicaid, which Hendricks said pays her a little more than half the private-pay rate she charges — far below the cost of paying her workers.
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