A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... percent of our nonelderly population . Another 20 million have inadequate coverage . And the proportion who are uninsured was 20 percent greater in the 1980s than in the 1970s . Anyone can become uninsured - regardless of age , income ...
... percent of our nonelderly population . Another 20 million have inadequate coverage . And the proportion who are uninsured was 20 percent greater in the 1980s than in the 1970s . Anyone can become uninsured - regardless of age , income ...
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... percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly a quarter are not covered by Medicaid or any other program . The poor must meet two kinds of ...
... percent of those with incomes below the poverty line . Even among the extremely poor ( family incomes below 25 percent of poverty ) nearly a quarter are not covered by Medicaid or any other program . The poor must meet two kinds of ...
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... percent of the federal poverty guidelines . Moreover , because states have failed to increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent ...
... percent of the federal poverty guidelines . Moreover , because states have failed to increase their income eligibility levels to keep pace with infla- tion , Medicaid programs are covering smaller propor- tions of the poor . Even recent ...
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... percent of the gross national product ( GNP ) and is projected to absorb 15 percent by the year 2000. For employers , health benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and ...
... percent of the gross national product ( GNP ) and is projected to absorb 15 percent by the year 2000. For employers , health benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and ...
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... percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in 1990 , the projected in- crease in total health care expenditures would amount to $ 12 billion , raising total current ...
... percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in 1990 , the projected in- crease in total health care expenditures would amount to $ 12 billion , raising total current ...
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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