long-term care financing

Kennedy’s Health Reform+Long-Term Care

Senate Health Committee Chair Ted Kennedy (D-MA) will include a major restructuring of long-term care services in his version of health reform, due out in late May. But getting those changes through Congress "is like pushing a rock uphill," says Connie Garner, Kennedy's top staffer on aging and disabilities issues.  Garner spoke yesterday at a terrific conference sponsored by Health Affairs and [...]

Long-Term Care: Bad News for Retirement Security

Having to pay for long-term care puts millions more Americans at financial risk, according to a new study by my friends at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Nearly two of every three of us will be unable to maintain our pre-retirement standard of living once we include the cost of long-term care insurance or the need to tap home equity to finance the personal [...]

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