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Three women in wheelchairs, with a person in medical scrubs leaning over to speak to one.
Nursing home residents in Louisiana, 2012.

Many elders in the U.S. cannot afford necessary long-term care.

Date: 2010s

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Nursing home residents in Louisiana, 2012.

Many are lost in the gap: too wealthy to qualify for Medicaid and too poor to afford private care.