House Democrats Ignore Long-Term Care Financing Reform

Date
Jul 15th, 2009 11:27am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
Public Policy
Tags
long-term care financing

House Democratic leaders Tuesday unveiled their bill to reform America's health care system — and insure an additional 37 million Americans over the next 10 years - to the tune of more than $1 trillion, funded mostly through an up-to-5.4 percent surtax on income for the wealthiest Americans.  What's missing?  Long-term care financing reform.  All they talk about is "studies."  Ideally as this process winds its way through, long-term care financing reform will be put where it needs to be - in health care reform.

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