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Beyond medicare : achieving long-term care security
- Title
- Beyond medicare : achieving long-term care security / Malvin Schechter, with the assistance of Irma Schechter.
- Author
- Schechter, Mal.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1993.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schechter, Irma.
- Description
- xxii, 158 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Young, middle-aged, or old; rich, middle-class, or poor - all are susceptible to the very serious risks and high costs associated with this nation's inadequate system of long-term care. Any individual confronted with a long-term illness, or that of a family member, can have all hope of financial security shattered: Medicaid comes into play only after financial hardships have arrived; Medicare does not cover long-term care at home or in the nursing home; and there are no reliable third-party programs set up to take over the costs." "Beyond Medicare provides a wealth of insights into the public and private policies that can generate efficient, equitable, and humane long-term services. Arguing against any attempts to eliminate, delay, or dilute provisions for long-term care in a reformed health care system, Malvin Schechter shows that long-term care costs can be controlled and that the necessary technology and strategies for delivering long-term care are available and feasible." "Schechter explains that given the increase in life expectancy, growth in the older population, and the increasing costs and demands on younger adults for caregiving, provisions for long-term care are a necessity in the United States today. He defines the problems currently facing society as a result of inadequate long-term care systems, provides details of working programs that have proven to be effective in helping those needing long-term care, and offers suggestions for how the delivery of long-term care can be organized and financed."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The Jossey-Bass health series
- Uniform Title
- Jossey-Bass health series.
- Subject
- Long-term care of the sick > United States
- Long-term care of the sick > United States > Finance
- Long-term care of the sick > Government policy > United States
- Long-term care insurance > United States
- Medical policy
- Long-term care insurance
- Long-Term Care > economics
- Health Policy
- Insurance, Long-Term Care
- Medical policy
- Long-term care insurance
- Long-term care of the sick
- Long-term care of the sick > Finance
- Long-term care of the sick > Government policy
- Krankenpflege
- Langzeitbetreuung
- Finanzierung
- Gesundheitspolitik
- United States
- USA
- Note
- "A Twentieth Century Fund book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index.
- Contents
- Long-term care: a necessity for the modern lifespan -- Who needs and who cares: characteristics of patients and caregivers -- Supporting independence: the role of geriatrics -- Putting long-term care together: systems at work -- Holes in the safety net: medicaid, medicare, and medigap -- Private insurance and the illusion of protection -- Politics, proposals, and policy options -- Within our grasp: long-term care security.
- ISBN
- 1555425836
- 9781555425838
- LCCN
- 93014558
- OCLC
- ocm28334734
- 28334734
- SCSB-2043768
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library