Insuring Long Term Care In the US

Jeffrey Brown and Amy Finkelstein

No 17451, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Long-term care expenditures constitute one of the largest uninsured financial risks facing the elderly in the United States. This paper provides an overview of the economic and policy issues surrounding insuring long-term care expenditure risk. Through this lens we also discuss the likely impact of recent long-term care public policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

JEL-codes: I11 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-09
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Published as “Insuring Long-Term Care in the U.S.” Journal of Economic Perspectives. Vol. 25 (4): pages 119-142. Fall 2011. With Amy Finkelstein.

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