James A. Lomastro

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James A. Lomastro is a healthcare policy analyst with more than 40 years of nonprofit administration experience. He serves on the Dignity Alliance Massachusetts’s steering committee and is a national CARF surveyor.

Opinion

Massachusetts Advocates Push for Medicaid-Funded Assisted Living

June 2, 2026 | James A. Lomastro

By funding nursing homes but not assisted living, Medicaid often steers older adults into costlier and more restrictive care than they need. Lawmakers can fix that.