A Trade-Off Proposal for Funding Long-Term Care

Authors

Yung-Ping Chen, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow

Document Type

Occasional Paper

Publication Date

6-2007

Abstract

Long-term care can be a depressing subject. Most of us tend not to think about it. However, we cannot long avoid it as the 76 million baby boomers begin reaching older ages in a few short years. According to projections, in 40 years, those aged 65 to 84 (numbering 31.6 million in 2005) will more than double, and those 85 plus (about 5.1 million in 2005), who are more at risk of dependency, will more than triple (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 and 2006). Heavy reliance on Medicaid, already the second largest budget item in most states, would not appear viable. If we could design better ways of paying for it, perhaps more of us would be inclined to plan. And plan we should.

Comments

Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project, Working Paper No. 7, June 2007.

Recommended Citation

Chen, Yung-Ping, "A Trade-Off Proposal for Funding Long-Term Care" (2007). Gerontology Institute Publications. 36.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/gerontologyinstitute_pubs/36