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October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health Care Strategies helped states create long-term-care insurance partnership programs that provide affordable coverage and financial protection for beneficiaries, generate business for insurers, and protect Medicaid budgets.
October 13, 2009 | Program Result Report
Few Americans have long-term-care insurance. They face paying for long-term care out-of-pocket - the largest financial risk that most Americans face without the protection of an insurance policy to spread the potential burden of this uncertain need.
July 28, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2007, researchers at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute produced and commissioned a range of studies on long-term-care needs, costs and financing options.
March 21, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute used two national surveys to estimate the risk, timing and amount of lifetime disability and long-term care for retirees in the United States.
September 5, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers with the Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research interviewed nearly 1,500 individuals with long-term care insurance policies and followed them for up to two years.
September 5, 2008 | Program Result Report
"Use Your Home to Stay at Home: Expanding the Use of Reverse Mortgages for Long-Term Care: A Blueprint for Action" contains estimates of the number of seniors who could benefit from reverse mortgages and the potential savings for the Medicaid.
March 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
In this article, the authors describe eligibility rules (some controversial) states should consider when implementing a partnership program. The program works in tandem with Medicaid to help middle-income people pay the expenses of long-term care.
January 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Phillip R. Kletke studied the factors that determine physician participation in Medicaid, including the extent to which physicians have discretion over their acceptance of new Medicaid patients.
July 24, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Program to Promote Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly, a national program of RWJF, was charged with providing states with resources to plan and implement private/public partnerships.
January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report
Connecticut became the first state to implement a public-private partnership to finance long-term care, allowing purchasers to keep control of their assets equal to the amount the insurance policy paid for long-term care services.