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Long-Term Care: Consumers, Services, and Financing
11/28/2008 | Requests *Summary
Long-term care services for the elderly and for younger populations with disabilities are a significant component of national health care spending. In 2006, long-term care spending was almost $174 billion, most of it paid by the federal-state Medicaid program. This report focuses on concerns about the financing, the already substantial public role, which presages rapid spending increases as the “baby boom” population ages may lead policymakers to revisit these issues.
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Available Files
- Report PDF (512K, 7 pages)
Keywords
Aging and Disability Resource Center; Caregiving; Expenditures; Medicaid; financing long-term care
Topic
Aging Issues, Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Organizational Change, Physical Disabilities
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
The National Health Policy Forum
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
03/12/2009
Contact
Carol O'Shaughnessy
coshaugh@gwu.edu
coshaugh@gwu.edu
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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