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Volume 358:1985-1987 May 8, 2008 Number 19
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Planning for the Future — Long-Term Care and the 2008 Election
David G. Stevenson, Ph.D.

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Long-term care has all the makings of a great campaign issue. It affects a large portion of the population, it is expensive (it currently accounts for about 10% of all health care costs), and it requires a unique partnership between government and citizens. Moreover, a range of constituencies perceive the current long-term care system as seriously broken. It exposes people who need services to considerable financial risk, and it too often relies on an institutional model of care that is at odds with consumer preferences.

Nonetheless, the candidates in the 2008 presidential race have been virtually silent about long-term care . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Dr. Stevenson is an assistant professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School, Boston.



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