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The high cost of long-term services and supports (LTSS) causes many older adults to fear impoverishment, becoming a burden to their families, or both.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) addressed many problems in the private insurance market that had created barriers to private health coverage.
In 2020, 38.9 million adults provided unpaid care to an adult family member or friend with health or functional needs.
At the federal level, the two categories of budgetary expenditures are entitlement and discretionary spending.
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Health Care Workforce Financing, Education, and Training">Health Care Workforce Financing, Education, and Training
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Graduate medical education: Publicly funded subsidies for physicians’ graduate medical education (G
Title III of the Older Americans Act (OAA) provides funding for a wide range of long-term services and supports (LTSS), social, and nutritional services.
Private-sector approaches for financing long-term services and supports (LTSS) must be part of a comprehensive LTSS financing strategy.
Long-term care insurance (LTCI) can be purchased privately.
One way to fund long-term services and supports (LTSS) is to adapt or combine coverage with existing life insurance coverage.