Beyond a one-sentence homage to home care, ignoring the fact that not everyone can be cared for at home, long-term care policy was absent from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, known as the “Pepper Commission,” issued a report. In 2013, a U.S. Commission on Long-Term Care issued a report recommending long-term care reforms, noting of long-term services and supports (LTSS) that “(p)reparing to meet the LTSS needs of the population and ensuring adequate financial resources will take time. I hoped President Biden, as history’s oldest president, might bring some vision to our aging society’s care needs. Maintaining Affordable Care Act enrollment will be a further distraction from focusing on long-term care.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2024 10:04 UTC