Long-Term Care Stirs Health Care Debate

From Robert Pear of the New York Times. Embedded in sweeping health legislation passed by the House and being debated on the Senate floor is a major new federal insurance program for long-term care.

The bill would provide cash benefits if a person had a substantial cognitive impairment or was unable to perform two or three "activities of daily living," like eating, bathing or dressing. The program would be financed with premiums paid by participants, through voluntary payroll deductions, with no federal subsidy.

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