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Obama Administration to Scrap Long-Term Care Insurance Part of Health Care Law
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 14, 2011 05:56pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Author | Robert Pear |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Friday, October 14, 2011 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Obama administration announced on Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it just would not work. Premiums for the program, known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (or Class) Act, would be so high that very few people would sign up, officials said.
The program had a longtime champion in Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, before his death from a brain tumor in August 2009 and was seen as a breakthrough in addressing the need for long-term care.
But critics, including some Democrats, said they feared that it was unworkable. Some administration officials shared that concern, but did not speak up when the law was passed in March 2010. |
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