Health Affairs Financing Long-Term Services And Supports Briefing Recap

On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Health Affairs commemorated the release of the Web First article, “Financing Long-Term Services And Supports: Options Reflect Trade-Offs For Older Americans And Federal Spending,” by Melissa M. Favreault, Howard Gleckman and Richard W. Johnson of the Urban Institute at a forum in Washington, DC, with support from The SCAN Foundation, AARP, and LeadingAge. Panelists discussed 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.

For those who missed the briefing or just want a quick recap, here’s a Storify summary of the engaging Twitter conversation below using #LTCFinancing. An archived video stream of the briefing will be available on our events page.