Senate Special Committee on Aging

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  Bill Nelson: Will Azheimer's bankrupt us?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 25, 2013

  A Senate committee looks at the state of dementia research funding.

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  Senate panel: Dementia a $20 trillion threat

  By Allison Bell  |  December 20, 2012

  We have to come up with the cash to invest in Alzheimer's research, lawmakers say.

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  Nursing home payment missing? Could be fraud

  By Allison Bell  |  November 16, 2012

  A CFPB official says LTC providers could help identify cases of financial abuse.

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  LTCI Watch: Dr. Frankencoordinator

  By Allison Bell  |  July 25, 2012

  A physician wonk is asking whether the rush to coordinate Medicaid and Medicare is safe.

• LTCI Hearing: All Politics is Personal

  By Allison Bell  |  May 1, 2012

  The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (LTCIP) played a direct role in shaping thinking at this week’s Senate hearing on long-term care (LTC) financing.

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  LTC Hearing: Where the Savings Are

  By Allison Bell  |  April 23, 2012

  Judith Feder says making sure nursing home residents are getting enough water would be a place to start.

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  LTCI: Is It the Answer?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 19, 2012

  Judith Feder says it's just too small. Douglas Holtz-Eakin says every little bit helps.

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  LTCI Watch: Do Insurers Want to Sell LTCI?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 19, 2012

  Protecting the role of private providers might not make much sense if the private providers want out.

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  Senate to Put LTCI Under the Microscope

  By Allison Bell  |  April 13, 2012

  The preliminary witness list includes Bruce Chernof of SCAN but no long-term care insurance specialists.

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  Panelists Ice Out LTCI Talk

  By Allison Bell  |  November 21, 2011

  Howard Gleckman, the moderator of a recent Urban Institute panel discussion on “long-term care in an era of shrinking government,” greeted an audience question about private long-term care insurance (LTCI) with a polite but distant stare.