HHS Will Not Implement Long-Term Care Insurance Provision of Healthcare Reform

October 18, 2011

Doubts over its financial solvency

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius informed Congress that Health and Human Services would not be implementing what is know as the CLASS Act (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program. The voluntary program was expected to launch next year but the financial solvency of the program was in question. This is the first piece of the health care reform that the Obama administration has backed away from.

Also reported in the October 17, 2010 NAHU Newswire is a story about Medicare Open Enrollment that started Saturday, October 15th and ends December 7th.

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