I’m deeply concerned that the American public, specifically our nation’s elders, will be relying on our government to provide extended term care solutions they will under no circumstances see. They will only see the “smoke and mirrors” of Health Care Reform.
Our nation’s seniors are the most vulnerable segment of the U.S. population vulnerable each overall health smart and financially. They’re silently discovering the savings they thought would be enough is not enough. They’re silently fearful of operating out of funds with no one to care for them as they grow to be extra frail. The silence is about to develop into deafening.
Regrettably, when Health Care Reform proudly announced New Long Term Care Services, it discouraged quite a few American’s from buying Long Term Care Insurance coverage.
The New York Times reported on ‘Options Expand for Reasonably priced Lengthy-Term Care’ THE NEW OLD AGE. The Related Press announced ‘New Overall health Care Law Has Rewards for Seniors’. Point becoming, the casual reader was relieved to hear their government will “take care of them” when they have to have long term care services. We now know that is not about to take place.
Thankfully our representatives in Washington found that Overall health Care Reforms answer to the dilemma of Lengthy Term Care, “CLASS”, (Neighborhood Living Assistance Services and Supports Act) legislation would have been fiscally unsound. $70 billion in premiums that was expected to be raised for the new “lengthy term care” plan would have been counted as “deficit reduction”. The extended term care benefits it was intended to finance have been assumed not to materialize in the first 10 years. However, that money was not accounted for anywhere in the legislation.
The new legislation proposed to “trim” $463 billion from Medicare. Yet Medicare is at present having trouble balancing its books now. However, why does the wellness care bill tell us Medicare can operate far more cheaply going forward without the need of the accompanying reforms?
Our national media gave massive fanfare to the CLASS ACT when it passed. Regrettably the media has offered the CLASS ACT’s demise tiny consideration. Now what?
ElysianMed LLC show that the federal deficit is expected to exceed $700 billion annually more than the subsequent decade. This basically will double the national and $900 billion represents interest on preceding debt. Would the CFO of any big corporation in the United States permit the company he worked for to finish up in this form of economic position? Totally not.
Our officials in Congress have been elected to protect the best interests of the American individuals. “Robbing Peter to pay Paul”, and as soon as once again printing additional currency, has develop into our government’s mantra for the future. However the magnitude of the mismanagement of America’s purse strings has now reached an unconscionable state.
The United States of America can’t continue to mismanage its monetary future. Future Congresses will have to provide a multitude of future reforms and, regrettably, history tells us THAT will never ever come about. Proposals for financing overall health reform had been based on additional “smoke and mirrors”. The “Cadillac” tax is scheduled to commence in 2018.
The health care legislation that has been forced on each and every and just about every a single of us is known to be fiscally unsound. Where do we go from here? It is too uncomplicated to point the finger at the President and his administration. Yet Congress owns the duty of passing Wellness Care Legislation. And THAT is the issue.
The 535 voting members of Congress shared the responsibility equally. If 1 clear pondering, intelligent, honorable Congressman had the complete responsibility for Wellness Care Reform, he or she would not have forced a fiscally unsound Health Care Reform Bill down our throats.
Now let’s once more evaluate how Health Care Reform will perform against our senior citizens.
A most current government report identified that in 2000 there have been 1.eight million available nursing dwelling beds. As the year 2010 came to a close, there were 1.7 million nursing house beds a net 5 percent reduction in readily available beds. And, there are no new nursing homes getting constructed.
Currently there’s less than 1.5 million Americans confined to nursing houses. Reportedly 10 percent of these nursing properties are operating under bankruptcy protection. It is well known that most of these facilities are understaffed and many never have competent enable.
Next, let’s consider that the Alzheimer’s Association tells us the likelihood of creating Alzheimer’s soon after age 85 is 50 %. By 2030, they tell us that the quantity of folks age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s illness is estimated to reach 7.7 million, a 50 percent raise from the five.two million age 65 and older at present affected.
The logical question I have to ask is “if we can not take adequate care of 1.five million people today nowadays, how can we possibly take care of 7.7 million men and women in 2030?” We can not. Extra simply place, when you or your spouse or your parent has Alzheimer’s, there is no location for them to go. Not to be cruel, but if you ever believe for a moment about taking in an aged parent with Alzheimer’s into your dwelling, please assume once again. Ask any caregiver who’s been by way of it. It is Guaranteed to destroy any families’ peace of mind and harmony.
Why aren’t our political leaders actively working on solutions? Where’s the outcry? Regrettably our political leaders only align themselves with solvable difficulties.
America’s seniors became far more hopeful reading that Overall health Reform will aid them with added Lengthy Term Care services. And we now know THAT is not going to happen. There are no plans in location to help our nation’s seniors assume they’ll obtain the comfort and dignity of sufficient long term care services. What is worse is the silence shared by all our political leaders. The silence is now deafening.