tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 5

LTC: Baby Boomers Could Be The Straw That Breaks LTC's Back

Leaders speak out with aggressive propositions on LTC reformReady or not, over the next 10 years, the aging baby boom population will transform the long-term care system. But will the struggling LTC system be able to ready itself--and repair itself--in time?Most elderly Americans consider health care an entitlement, studies show. Nevertheless, "most Americans are in denial about the reality that they might live long enough to require some form of long-term care that will make them dependent on people outside of their immediate family," claims the National Institute of Health Policy's David Durenberger. "Most Americans mistakenly think...

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