Health Affairs Briefing: Financing Long-Term Services And Supports

About half of all older Americans will have a high level of need for help with everyday activities (walking, eating, getting out of bed, etc.). Oftentimes, the care and cost burdens fall on individuals and their families due to a lack of affordable, accessible long-term care policies.

A forthcoming “Web First” article in Health Affairs, “Financing Long-Term Services And Supports: Options Reflect Trade-Offs For Older Americans And Federal Spending,” examines how policy changes could expand insurance’s role in financing these needs. The study, by authors Melissa M. Favreault, Howard Gleckman and Richard W. Johnson of the Urban Institute, contains several policy modeling options to address the long-term care financial crisis affecting millions of Americans, as well as baseline findings on the long-term care landscape. The work was funded by The SCAN Foundation, AARP, and LeadingAge.

Health Affairs invites you to join us on Tuesday, November 17, for a discussion of the study at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

WHEN:
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC (Metro Center)

Register now!

You may follow live Tweets from the briefing @Health_Affairs, and join in the conversation with #LTCFinancing.

The full list of confirmed speakers is:

• Bruce A. Chernof, M.D., President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation
• Melissa M. Favreault, Senior Fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute
• Richard Frank, Assistant Secretary for Policy Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Chris Giese, Actuary, Milliman, Inc.
• Richard W. Johnson, Senior Fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, and Director, Program on Retirement Policy, Urban Institute
• Larry Minnix, President and CEO, LeadingAge
• Al Schmitz, Principal, Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Inc.
• Eileen J. Tell, Independent Consultant
• Debra Whitman, Executive Vice President, Policy, AARP

Health Affairs is grateful for the support provided by a grant from The SCAN Foundation.