Monday, March 09, 2009
Will Health Reform Include Long-Term Care?
Long-term care financing is the 800-pound gorilla of social problems waiting just around the next bend in public policy.... Will Health Reform Include Long-Term Care? In a word: No. (Gerson Lehrman Group)
Labels: health reform, long term care, long term care insurance, public policy
Friday, March 06, 2009
Senate Aging Committee Considers Long Term Care as Part of Health Reform
On wednesday, March 4, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a hearing to call for the inclusion of improvements to long-term care services and supports as part of emerging blueprints for national health reform. Testimony was offered by a member of the Obama administration. (NBC26 Green Bay)
Labels: health reform, Herb Kohl, long term care insurance, Obama, Senate Special Committee on Aging
