...pay 20% of the costs of care up to a maximum of the national average cost of nursing home care. 15 FINANCING 1. The federal government is responsible...through clarification of the tax code. This includes: * Enabling qualified long-term care policies to be sold in employers' cafeteria plans. 3. The federal...

...themselves should be encouraged to do so. We endorse the Commission's recommendations that would encourage the development of private long-term care insurance through clarification of the tax code. The HIAA supports actions that include: Giving long-term care insurance the same tax status as health...