“‘Moving fast and changing every minute’: COVID-19 brings increased policy attention to long-term care,” by Kimberly Bonvissuto, McKnight’s Senior Living

Quote:  “The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the aging services industry to imagine the unimaginable, including increased attention from policymakers, according to Ruth Katz, LeadingAge senior vice president of public policy and advocacy. … Part of those discussions are on the HCBS Access Act, which seeks to mandate HCBS in Medicaid to create national minimum standards for HCBS, and the WISH Act, which creates a public-private partnership for long-term care financing that considers middle-income older adults.”

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

This building momentum could push LTC out of the frying pan into the fire.   Making Medicaid-financed home care more attractive than ever and compelling Americans to fund LTC through another payroll tax is a fatal policy as all social insurance Ponzi schemes approach their inevitable demise in the 2030s.