“Eldercare: How Does the United States Stack Up?,” by Elizabeth Bauer, Forbes

“‘America and England are the only economically developed nations in the West that do not provide a universal long-term-care benefit, said Howard Gleckman’ … If this data were reliable, we’d be able to conclude that American out-of-pocket and private insurance spending for long-term care, at 0.4% of GDP, is a bit higher than the OECD average, at 0.3% … — but, again, the table is so full of caveats as to be of questionable utility, which may be the reason why it dates to 2008 and no more recent table has been produced with the OECD’s updates since that point. All of which brings us to the need to look more closely at individual countries. So, stay tuned. . .”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Whiners say other countries provide universal LTC, but not the U.S. Not so fast, says this column and promises more evidence to come.