BUILDING A NEW LTSS FINANCING SYSTEM IN THE U.S.: BIPARTISAN LEADERS JOIN TOGETHER TO CRAFT SOLUTIONS

摘要

The Washington, DC-based Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has been working, over the past two years, to recommend reforms for financing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) in the U.S. Their work, chaired by Former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, Former Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin, and Former Governor and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, considered a wide range of private and public sector options. This presentation will share BPC’s final recommendations on the roles of private long-term care insurance markets and public insurance programs, as well as insights on BPC’s decision-making process, and how the economic modeling influenced those decisions. This presentation will also discuss the challenges that U.S. policymakers face in reforming the current system and political feasibility of reform given these challenges.