Health care for the nation’s seniors looms large as the baby-boom generation ages into retirement. resident Joe Biden tacitly acknowledged those needs in March with his proposal to spend $400 billion over the next eight years to improve access to in-home and community-based care.
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Caring And Providing Health Care For An Aging Nation
Posted on 31 May 2021.
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Poll: Government Should Help Americans Age At Home
Posted on 05 May 2021.
A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, a new poll finds.
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Biden Takes Long Step Towards Long Term Care
Posted on 19 April 2021.
FDR thought about doing it in 1935. Harry Truman proposed it in 1945. Dwight Eisenhower signed a small program in 1960. JFK proposed his own version in 1961.
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Biden’s Long-term Care Plan: What’s At Stake
Posted on 15 April 2021.
There’s widespread agreement that it’s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what’s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
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Biden’s Expansion Of Long-Term Care Sparks Debate
Posted on 12 April 2021.
President Joe Biden is proposing a major expansion of the government’s role in long-term care, but questions are being raised over his using the low-income Medicaid program and piggybacking the whole idea on an infrastructure bill.
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What COVID Has Taught Us About Long Term Care
Posted on 02 October 2020.
A nursing facility is a quick referral. But in the middle of a COVID pandemic, we learned it could be a risky referral.
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