Category Archives for CLASS Act

A survey by the SCAN Foundation and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research find that Californians are unprepared for the cost of long term healthcare. READ MORE: Boomer time bomb

A controversial provision in President Obamas health care law that would allow Americans to save money for elderly long-term care has been put on the chopping block as part of a sweeping $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan from a bipartisan group of senators known as the Gang of Six. READ MORE: Gang of Six Budget Plan […]

Home-based care is increasingly seen as a legitimate and less costly alternative to nursing home care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama in March 2010, includes provisions to assist people who want to stay in their homes longer. READ MORE: Helping seniors live at home longer

The Class Act is the first national plan for long-term care insurance, but the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his staff began working on the current version of this plan in 2003. It was tucked into the Democrats health care legislation and thus, without much public attention, became law last month. Call it Mr. […]

The CLASS Act is the first national plan to help Americans who don’t have long term care insurance. READ MORE: Parsing the New Law on Long-Term Care