A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... employers , workers , providers , insurers , and numerous organizations and groups . Then its members met in a series of working sessions to consider all these views , clarify their own objectives , and develop recommendations to ...
... employers , workers , providers , insurers , and numerous organizations and groups . Then its members met in a series of working sessions to consider all these views , clarify their own objectives , and develop recommendations to ...
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... employers provide insurance . People who fail to obtain job - based cover- age may also be excluded from Medicaid and other public programs because of restrictive eligibility rules . Below 100 % of poverty 100-199 % of poverty 200-299 ...
... employers provide insurance . People who fail to obtain job - based cover- age may also be excluded from Medicaid and other public programs because of restrictive eligibility rules . Below 100 % of poverty 100-199 % of poverty 200-299 ...
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... employers who offer insurance , in effect , to pay for the workers of employers who do not . Increasingly , employers and insurers are finding ways to avoid this hidden tax at the same time as the need for care is rising . Along with a ...
... employers who offer insurance , in effect , to pay for the workers of employers who do not . Increasingly , employers and insurers are finding ways to avoid this hidden tax at the same time as the need for care is rising . Along with a ...
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... employers would allow employers who do not now provide coverage to continue to shift respon- sibilities to others . This approach could also reduce employers ' willingness to cover low - income em- ployees who are now protected ...
... employers would allow employers who do not now provide coverage to continue to shift respon- sibilities to others . This approach could also reduce employers ' willingness to cover low - income em- ployees who are now protected ...
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... employers be encouraged through tax credits / subsidies to provide coverage for their employees . Large employers do not face such obstacles . The Commission recommends that , after a period for ad- justment , they be required to ...
... employers be encouraged through tax credits / subsidies to provide coverage for their employees . Large employers do not face such obstacles . The Commission recommends that , after a period for ad- justment , they be required to ...
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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