The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health recommended a repeal of the CLASS Act Tuesday, according to published reports.
Republicans lobby for CLASS repeal; aging groups push back
Nov 04, 2011
Senate Republicans are continuing to push for repeal of the CLASS Act.
Legislation repealing CLASS would have no budgetary impact, CBO says
Nov 02, 2011
Cancellation of the CLASS Act means there will be billions less going toward reducing the nation’s net deficit, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday. The Community Living and Assistance Services...
Demise of CLASS boosted awareness of long-term care, says former actuary
Oct 26, 2011
Although all signs point to the CLASS Act being shelved indefinitely, the program’s former leader says the silver lining is the ongoing discussion about long-term care needs.
Talk of federal long-term care benefit won’t go away
Oct 21, 2011
If opponents of the CLASS Act think they’ve beaten down or somehow subdued chief advocate Larry Minnix or his LeadingAge members, they have another thing coming. Despite a week of roiling controversy...
LeadingAge: Don’t stop fighting for CLASS Act
Oct 18, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services may have shelved the CLASS long-term care benefit, but advocates of the program said mixed messages from the White House suggest otherwise. One major provider...
CLASS Act is far from dead, according to supporters
Oct 17, 2011
When the White House effectively killed the CLASS Act, the program’s most vocal advocates dug in their heels in hopes of resurrecting the long-term care insurance program.
Funding for CLASS halted, prompting questions from GOP
Sep 26, 2011
The White House has asked the Senate Appropriations Health subcommittee to halt all funding for the CLASS Act for fiscal year 2012.
In another blow to CLASS, HHS shuts down office, reassigns staff
Sep 23, 2011
The chief actuary for the Department of Health and Human Service’s CLASS Act program has said HHS is shutting down its CLASS office and that he no longer has a job, according to published reports.
Experts renew hope for embattled CLASS Act
Sep 19, 2011
Despite a report hotly questioning the merits of the CLASS Act late last week, defenders of the first-ever federal long-term care benefit say various tweaks could still save the embattled program.