Howard Gleckman

Let's take Medicaid out of the long-term care business

Howard Gleckman December 06, 2010

State budget cuts and an intimidating national deficit spell big trouble for Medicaid, which funds a good portion of long-term care services. It's time to replace it with a broad-based insurance system.
 

Speaking out against the CLASS Act

October 23, 2009

This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C., held a briefing on the CLASS Act, a long-term care insurance plan that generally has garnered praise from the long-term care community.
 

Problems with the CLASS Act

Stephen A. Moses October 23, 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently held a briefing on the much-touted CLASS Act. There was much praise to go around. I heartily disagreed with most of it.
 

Editors' Blog: Book delves into long-term care

August 17, 2009

A new book called "Caring for Our Parents" offers a thorough and compelling analysis of the long-term care system in the United States.
 
 
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