Sharing the burden: strategies for public and private long-term care insurance

The United states is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the health care system. The Clinton administration's call for major health care reform has brought national attention to solving the dual problems of uncontrolled cost increases and the lack of adeq...

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Main Authors: Wiener, Joshua M. (Author), Illston, Laurel H. (Author), Hanley, Raymond J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Brookings Inst. 1994
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Summary:The United states is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the health care system. The Clinton administration's call for major health care reform has brought national attention to solving the dual problems of uncontrolled cost increases and the lack of adequate health insurance. Although this debate focuses primarily on acute care, it is also about long-term care and about how to restructure the way that care is financed
Today the families of Americans suffering from chronic conditions that require long-term care either at home or in nursing homes often face financial catastrophe. With the ever-increasing elderly population the need to address long-term care financing is more crucial than ever
Physical Description:XIX, 290 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0815793782

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