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Reforming long-term care financing through insurance
Until recently, insurance for long-term care was not viewed as feasible. This perception has changed dramatically in the past few years. Several models of long-term care insurance have begun to be tested. Although the application of insurance principles to long-term care is still new, the emergence...
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CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
1988
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10312962 |
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author | Meiners, Mark R. |
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description | Until recently, insurance for long-term care was not viewed as feasible. This perception has changed dramatically in the past few years. Several models of long-term care insurance have begun to be tested. Although the application of insurance principles to long-term care is still new, the emergence of private market interest in developing long-term care insurance has been a catalyst to renewed public-policy support for reforming the way we pay for long-term care. States, in particular, have become interested in developing public-private partnerships to support the emergence of long-term care insurance that could help relieve the mounting pressure on Medicaid budgets. |
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spelling | pubmed-41951222014-11-04 Reforming long-term care financing through insurance Meiners, Mark R. Health Care Financ Rev Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Until recently, insurance for long-term care was not viewed as feasible. This perception has changed dramatically in the past few years. Several models of long-term care insurance have begun to be tested. Although the application of insurance principles to long-term care is still new, the emergence of private market interest in developing long-term care insurance has been a catalyst to renewed public-policy support for reforming the way we pay for long-term care. States, in particular, have become interested in developing public-private partnerships to support the emergence of long-term care insurance that could help relieve the mounting pressure on Medicaid budgets. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1988-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4195122/ /pubmed/10312962 Text en |
spellingShingle | Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Meiners, Mark R. Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title | Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title_full | Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title_fullStr | Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title_full_unstemmed | Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title_short | Reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
title_sort | reforming long-term care financing through insurance |
topic | Post-Acute and Long-Term Care |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10312962 |
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