Life Care Funding Group joins expert panel with AARP, NAIC, AHIP/ACLI, and the Academy of Actuaries at Annual Meeting of National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) PORTLAND, Maine—The National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) Health, Long Term Care and Health Retirement Committee held a hearing to discuss what more can be done to help Americans access private funding options to pay for the growing costs of long term care. The members of the legislative panel representing House and Senate members from across the country voiced…
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Out-of-pocket Costs by Medicare Patients Significantly Dings Incomes
Average out-of-pocket Medicare spending hit $3,103 annually in 2006, according to an AARP Public Policy Institute report released this week. About 10 percent of Medicare recipients spend over $8,300 in out-of-pocket funds annually, which translates into about 25 percent of total income for the poorest recipients. Three-quarters of the out-of-pocket spending in 2006 were for nursing home costs, prescription drugs and care providers. Median out-of-pocket spending for long-term health care facilities was $7,611 annually, with 10 percent of beneficiaries spending at least $41,900 for room-and-board…
AARP, Cost of Care, MedicareAARP Supports Health Reform Bill’s $460 Billion Cuts to Medicare
In a move that will bolster the Democratic coalition in the Senate and the need to hold on to 60 votes, the AARP announced their support today for the reform plan that includes massive reductions to Medicare. AARP says that the cuts will be paid for in reduced waste and fraud, improved efficiencies and elimination of duplicative benefits. The support of AARP is a huge boost for Democrats that have been struggling to keep the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster that would kill…
AARP, Medicare, Senior Budget CutsHealth Care Reform Will Hinge on Seniors
The raucous health care reform debate that has been playing out across the country and in Washington, DC is now reaching the point where key Congressional committees are voting on which provisions will be in or out of the final bill. Central to these votes and the tensions all around is how reform will impact seniors. In numerous versions Medicare cuts have been proposed and opposed. As different versions of reform bills have cleared various House and Senate committees, it has remained very clear that…
AARP, Health Care for SeniorsAARP: Medicaid and Long Term Care are Legislative Priorities in 2009
“This is not the time for business as usual,” AARP CEO Bill Novelli said at a press briefing. “It is time to demonstrate bold leadership, to take our agenda to the people and our nation’s leaders, to demand change and to work hard to bring about that change.” And with that, the AARP, representing more than 40 million Americans over the age of fifty, put the incoming Obama administration and the next Congress on notice that they would be playing a very active role in…
AARP, Elder Care, Medicaid