Having worked with the elderly for 23 years, particularly with the “Greatest Generation” who pride themselves on long-term marriages like my parents’ – 61 years before Dad died in 2008 – and being someone who deeply respects that people believe marriage to be a sacred relationship, I do not say what follows lightly.

This is the third in a series of articles looking at the changes made to Medicaid for nursing homes and the Family Care program in Wisconsin. These changes are in the latest Biennial Budget passed on June 30, 2013.