Very Few Homes Receive Medicaid Rates Equal to Costs
	• When only 17.4% (1999 figures) of all facilities receive Medicaid rates equal to their costs, the public is not well served. Such a system makes it impossible for many facilities to effectively address increasing staffing and resident care needs. • To help cover these losses, private pay residents are charged rates substantially above their actual care costs. The difference between Medicaid and private pay rates in many facilities exceeds $50/day!