Medicare for all Archives - Howard Gleckman

A Closer Look At The Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Long-Term Care Plans

Most of the major Democratic presidential hopefuls have proposed ways for government to support frail older adults and their families. But they have chosen three very different models: tax credits; universal government-funded benefits; and public long-term care insurance. Which design makes the most sense? Here’s a first look. Tax credits: Former vice president Joe Biden’s plan includes a $5,000 non-refundable tax [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2020-01-27T14:42:41-05:00January 27th, 2020|long term care reform|0 Comments

Medicare For All Has Nothing To Do With Medicare. Call It Something Else

This week’s second round of debates among Democratic presidential hopefuls is producing a (mostly healthy) conversation about health insurance. But for normal people, much of the argument is enormously confusing. What are these candidates talking about? And how are their plans different from today’s Medicare and from one another? One way to make this debate more comprehensible is to drop [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2019-07-31T15:26:44-04:00July 31st, 2019|Medicare|0 Comments

What Really Is Happening To Medicare Spending?

A new report this week about future increases in Medicare spending set off wildly misleading headlines about the program’s future and what is might mean for efforts to expand it, as many prominent Democrats are proposing. As you wade through all this, there may be much less to the new forecast than meets the eye. Keep in mind three points: [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2019-02-22T14:15:11-05:00February 22nd, 2019|Medicare|0 Comments

What The New Congress Will Mean For Medicare And Other Issues For Older Adults

After the new Congress is sworn in next January it may address several issues that directly affect the well-being of older adults as well as younger people with disabilities. The House, which will be controlled by Democrats, and the Senate, still run by Republicans, will have very different perspectives on these issues but both chambers are likely to confront the [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2018-11-26T13:00:07-05:00November 26th, 2018|long term care reform, Medicare|0 Comments

The Democrats Have Won The House. What Will They Do About Medicare For All?

The Democrats won control of the House, largely on the back of health policy. And many members of the caucus have gone on record in favor of what’s come to be known as “Medicare for all.” The idea is hugely popular, backed by 58 percent of Americans in some polls and up to 70 percent in others. But what does [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2018-11-07T13:45:08-05:00November 7th, 2018|Medicare|0 Comments

What If Government Pays for All Long-Term Care?

How much would it cost if government pays for all long-term care? About $4 trillion over the next decade. We know because Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has proposed to do just that, as part of his ambitious Medicare-for-all health insurance program. And, in an effort to calculate the overall cost of Sanders’s domestic policy agenda, a group of my [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2016-05-09T15:47:47-04:00May 9th, 2016|long-term care financing|0 Comments