“House passes measure to create long-term care program,” by Rachel La Corte, AP

“A proposal for a new employee-funded program that would create a benefit to help offset long-term care costs was approved by the House Thursday. The measure passed on a bipartisan 63-33 vote and now heads to the Senate for consideration.”

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

This plan will fail because it is based on a false premise we exploded in a report every Washingtonian should read before it’s too late:  What We Don’t Know About Medicaid and Long-Term Care is Hurting Washington State (2004).