Study: Home health, assisted living costs are up in Alabama

Health care costs are on the rise in the state of Alabama.   According to Genworth Financial's annual Cost of Care Survey, the price to receive long-term care services at home with a home health care aide has increased both nationally and in Alabama.   The annual median cost of long-term care services in Alabama has risen an average of 2.19 percent from 2016 to 2017. “Given today’s increasing labor costs, strict Medicaid eligibility requirements and more stringent Medicare regulations, we…
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