At long-term-care the center of the financing debate on long-term-care financing reforms are
the effects of these reforms on increases in both public and private costs. Increases are likely …

There is good news and bad news about long-term-care financing. The bad news is that the
United States does not have, either in the private or public sectors, satisfactory ways of …

Effective approaches to assure adequate resources, infrastructure, and broad societal
support to address chronic care needs are volatile and potentially unpopular issues that can …

Long term care insurance could help avert an expected future funding crunch. Long the most
term pressing care constitutes and challeng-one of the most pressing and challeng-ing …

The Congressional Budget Office CBO expects national expenditures for long-term care
services for the elderly people ages 65 and older to grow each year through 2040. The main …

Over the next 30 years, the ranks of the elderly are projected to increase 64 percent, well
above the 20 percent projected for the population as a whole. The number of old elderly …

Despite state complaints about the heavy cost burden that long-term care for the elderly
places on Medicaid the current method of long-term care financing is quite economical. This …

As the population of the United States ages, policymakers are devoting more attention to
ways of strengthening the financing of long-term care for the elderly and disabled. While …

Today, an increasing number of Americans need long-term care. Unprecedented growth in
the elderly population is projected for the 21st century, and the population age 85 and older …

The current American system of financing and delivering long-term care for the elderly and
the younger disabled population is badly broken. At present, the United States does not …