Today Medicare costs and nursing home upheaval weigh on older Americans today.Good morning. Today's news touches the money and the roof over your head. Reports say thousands of immigrants are set to lose Medicare coverage in the new year, and that a Medicare subsidy scrapped by the administration could be restored under a new bill. Looking ahead, one report notes the Medicare Part D drug cap will rise to $2,400 in 2027 — and that a single specialty drug could reach it by February. Close to home, families are being shaken by changes to their care settings. A judge has temporarily halted a Sullivan County nursing home's closure plan, while in Omaha, families are scrambling to find new homes after an assisted living center announced its sale. Safety made the news too. A New Jersey nurse's aide pleaded guilty in a bleach attack on a resident, and a fire broke out at a local nursing home. Meanwhile, communities marked National Assisted Living Week. |