Category: Howard Gleckman
The White House initiative reflects of all that is wrong with U.S. long-term-care policy.
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Baby Boomers are tragically unprepared for financing their health and long-term care costs.
The number of facilities has fallen by nearly 1,000 to about 15,700 since 2000. More than 80,000 beds have been shuttered over those nine years. And the number of Medicaid-only beds—those certified for long-term care stays– has plunged by half since 1995, to about 114,000.
Opinion: In truth, seniors are likely to be big winners if responsible health reform passes and prime victims if it fails, says columnist Howard Gleckman of the Urban Insitute.
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