Kennedy’s original idea was to give families some financial breathing room. Most families cannot afford to hire a home health aide for a frail elder, let alone pay nursing home bills. Care is usually provided by family members, often a spouse who may also have health problems.
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Health overhaul’s long-term care insurance plan bites the dust
Posted on 17 October 2011.
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Long-term care insurance plan at risk
Posted on 15 September 2011.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Even as leading Democrats offered assurances to the contrary, government experts repeatedly warned that a new long-term care insurance plan could go belly up, saddling taxpayers with another underfunded benefit program, according to emails disclosed by congressional investigators. Part of President Barack Obama’s health care law, the program is in limbo as […]
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Fed law provides quality care at home
Posted on 27 July 2011.
By Ron Pollack There’s a saying that good help is hard to find. If you or someone you love has ever needed care at home, you know how true that is. One reason it’s so hard to find the right help is that there’s a national shortage of long-term care workers, from home health aides […]
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New help to pay for long-term Care
Posted on 24 June 2010.
The new health care reform law introduces a new type of voluntary long-term care insurance to help individuals remain in their homes if they become disabled or sick.
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