Caring for the Disabled Elderly: Who Will Pay?

By Alice M. Rivlin

Book Overview

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Caring for the Disabled Elderly analyzes the major options for reforming the way long-term care is financed. It first explores the potential market for private long-term care insurance and other private sector initiatives. Then it turns to the advantages and disadvantages of various public sector programs. The study recommends both a greatly expanded role for the private sector in financing long-term care and a new public insurance program.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815774974
• ISBN13: 9780815774976
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"