My sister-in-law who has never earned 10 cents under life is in a nursing home in Tennessee on Medicaid. But the weird thing about it is I’m told that the people living there who are on their own dime are paying up to $8,000 a month. This is my question is which I cannot get an answer how is somebody who’s already on the government dole end up in an $8,000 a month nursing home? It is notable that these facts are coming from the family two steps back so I can’t vouch the accuracy.. but according to another sister-in-law it is a pretty nice nursing home.
“an $8,000 a month nursing home”
Back in 2010, nursing homes ran from about $190/day to about $235/day in my area of Florida.
It is 8k per month for paying middle class people, I don't know how much Medicaid pays.
Answer: the same way a shot gang banger with no money gets world-class surgical intervention to save him. The government pays for it, and mandates that the place accepted what they pay.