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1 Introduction and Themes of the Workshop
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... Statements, recommendations, and opinions expressed are those of individual presenters and participants, and are not necessarily endorsed or verified by the Institute of Medicine or the National Research Council, and they should not be construed as reflecting any group consensus. 2 "Long-term services and supports" are also referred to as "long-term care," but the former term is now preferred as a more accurate and comprehensive description of the kinds of assistance needed by people with disabilities.
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... Various studies have estimated the value of these services at hundreds of billions of dollars, yet this is usually not counted when thinking about the financing of long-term services and supports. Other important issues in this area include inadequate planning and personal savings for long-term care needs by individuals, intergenerational transfers, the role of income support programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, and the role of private long-term care insurance.
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... Chapter 4 looks at the role of government in paying for long-term services and supports, while Chapter 5 examines the role of the private sector in providing long-term care insurance and helping employees save for retirement. Chapter 6 concludes this summary of the workshop by offering reflections on several of the most prominent topics that arose during the day's presentations and discussions.
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... . • A social insurance program could gain political support if it was self-financed, reduced Medicaid spending, and complemented pri vate insurance (Goldberg)
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... . • Public subsidies for long-term care insurance currently benefiting the upper end of the income spectrum could be redirected to the middle of the spectrum to make long-term care insurance less costly (Frank)


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