12-05-2025
Medicaid cuts may threaten care for nursing home and elder-care residents
MARIETTA, Ga. — Traversing the halls of his nursing home in a wheelchair, Owen Allen listened to a visiting guitarist play 'Sweet Caroline,' then chipped away at a thousand-piece puzzle in the sunroom.
Since muscular dystrophy struck and his legs started giving out, the 64-year-old Atlanta native relies on Medicaid to keep him in the 130-bed home where staff help him pull weights to regain his strength.
