A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... able , the second choice for many is to do nothing . Public policy is paralyzed . The fear and the flaws continue . The Pepper Commission calls for action to end that paralysis with recommendations for legislation that would guarantee ...
... able , the second choice for many is to do nothing . Public policy is paralyzed . The fear and the flaws continue . The Pepper Commission calls for action to end that paralysis with recommendations for legislation that would guarantee ...
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... able to find coverage on their own . But those in poor health may not find coverage at any price , or may only find coverage that excludes the precise con- dition for which they need care . It makes little sense that hard - working ...
... able to find coverage on their own . But those in poor health may not find coverage at any price , or may only find coverage that excludes the precise con- dition for which they need care . It makes little sense that hard - working ...
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... able health care coverage that allows them to obtain necessary care and assures them adequate financial protection ; that will promote quality care and address the problem of health care costs ; and that will provide the financing re ...
... able health care coverage that allows them to obtain necessary care and assures them adequate financial protection ; that will promote quality care and address the problem of health care costs ; and that will provide the financing re ...
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... able to obtain it from a federal program for a contribution set at a fixed share of their payroll expenses ; and that low - income workers and nonworkers receive subsidies to keep their contributions within reasonable bounds . 3. The ...
... able to obtain it from a federal program for a contribution set at a fixed share of their payroll expenses ; and that low - income workers and nonworkers receive subsidies to keep their contributions within reasonable bounds . 3. The ...
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... able to return to their homes . EARL DOTTER How People Get and Pay for Care In 1988 , the nation spent $ 53 billion on long - term care . Only 18 percent of these expenditures went to home care - despite that fact that four out of five ...
... able to return to their homes . EARL DOTTER How People Get and Pay for Care In 1988 , the nation spent $ 53 billion on long - term care . Only 18 percent of these expenditures went to home care - despite that fact that four out of five ...
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Page 12 - major federal programs—the Social Services Block Grant program under Title XX of the Social Security Act and the Older Americans Act—
Page 9 - wrong.' And the second one is 'stupid'. .. . [People] say South African apartheid [is]... wrong.... It's immoral.... The kind of suffering we have heard about here today is just wrong. ... On the stupid side, we have already heard about the death, the suffering, the expense, the loss of productivity.
Page 11 - fact that four out of five disabled and almost three out of five severely disabled live at home. Most home care is provided by relatives and friends. And when people do buy home care,
Page 1 - of reach for the entire firm; • Workers with good coverage, who see their benefits threatened each time they go to the bargaining table; • Families whose emotional and financial resources are exhausted from providing long-term care to frail parents or disabled children. Finally, our system breeds frustration—among the
Page 1 - seek prenatal care; • Workers who are ill, with preexisting conditions that may cost them their health insurance if they change jobs; • Workers in small businesses, for whom a sudden illness can put insurance premiums out of reach for the entire firm; • Workers
Page 13 - it was considered intolerable that only half of the elderly had some form of acute care insurance. Based on our work, private long-term care insurance will be lucky to reach that level of market penetration.
Page 7 - that employers and the government together should provide a minimum level of health care coverage for workers and nonworkers who, in turn, should be expected to accept that coverage.
Page 14 - well as at home. BLUEPRINT FOR LONG-TERM CARE REFORM The Commission concludes that federal action is essential to change the nation's fundamentally flawed approach to long-term care financing, and