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Health Policy Brief: The CLASS Act
05/12/2011 | Requests *Summary
This policy brief examines the program created to provide financial support for home care, adult day care or a nursing home stay, and highlights how policy-makers could make the program sustainable. Options range from changing the premium structure and lengthening the vesting period, to incentivizing employers and more. The Obama administration acknowledges the program’s shortcomings and will ensure the program remains solvent and self-financing for at least 75 years, as the law requires.
Author
Available Files
- Brief Policy Off-site link (6 pages)
Keywords
Long Term Services and Supports; CLASS Act
Topic
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Long-Term Care
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
Health Affairs; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
08/10/2011
Contact
Health Affairs
301-656-7401
301-656-7401
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