I’m deeply concerned that the American public, specially our nation’s elders, will be relying on our government to supply lengthy term care solutions they will in no way see. They’ll only see the “smoke and mirrors” of Wellness Care Reform.
Our nation’s seniors are the most vulnerable segment of the U.S. population vulnerable both overall health sensible and financially. They are silently discovering the savings they believed would be enough is not enough. They are silently fearful of running out of money with no one to care for them as they turn into a lot more frail. The silence is about to turn out to be deafening.
Regrettably, when Wellness Care Reform proudly announced New Lengthy Term Care Services, it discouraged numerous American’s from getting Extended Term Care Insurance coverage.
The New York Times reported on ‘Options Expand for Very affordable Long-Term Care’ THE NEW OLD AGE. The Linked Press announced ‘New Overall health Care Law Has Positive aspects for Seniors’. Point getting, the casual reader was relieved to hear their government will “take care of them” when they need extended term care services. We now know that is not about to come about.
Fortunately our representatives in Washington discovered that Wellness Care Reforms answer to the issue of Long Term Care, “CLASS”, (Community 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 “extended term care” system would have been counted as “deficit reduction”. The lengthy term care added benefits it was intended to finance were assumed not to materialize in the initial ten years. Nonetheless, that cash was not accounted for anyplace in the legislation.
The new legislation proposed to “trim” $463 billion from Medicare. However Medicare is at the moment having problems balancing its books currently. Yet, why does the overall health care bill tell us Medicare can operate much more cheaply going forward with out the accompanying reforms?
Our national media gave huge fanfare to the CLASS ACT when it passed. Regrettably the media has provided the CLASS ACT’s demise tiny interest. Now what?
Projections show that the federal deficit is anticipated to exceed $700 billion annually more than the subsequent decade. This primarily will double the national and $900 billion represents interest on previous debt. Would the CFO of any major corporation in the United States enable the firm he worked for to end up in this kind of monetary position? Completely not.
Our officials in Congress have been elected to guard the greatest interests of the American people today. “Robbing Peter to spend Paul”, and after once more printing much more currency, has grow to be our government’s mantra for the future. Yet the magnitude of the mismanagement of America’s purse strings has now reached an unconscionable state.
The United States of America can not continue to mismanage its economic future. Future Congresses will have to deliver a multitude of future reforms and, regrettably, history tells us THAT will in no way take place. Proposals for financing overall health reform had been based on a lot more “smoke and mirrors”. The “Cadillac” tax is scheduled to start in 2018.
The health care legislation that has been forced on each and every single 1 of us is known to be fiscally unsound. Exactly where do we go from right here? It is as well effortless to point the finger at the President and his administration. But Congress owns the duty of passing Wellness Care Legislation. And THAT is the challenge.
The 535 voting members of Congress shared the duty equally. If 1 clear considering, intelligent, honorable Congressman had the complete responsibility for Overall health Care Reform, he or she would not have forced a fiscally unsound Overall health Care Reform Bill down our throats.
Now let’s again evaluate how Overall health Care Reform will function against our senior citizens.
A most current government report identified that in 2000 there have been 1.eight million offered nursing home beds. As the year 2010 came to a close, there have been 1.7 million nursing residence beds a net 5 percent reduction in offered beds. And, there are no new nursing houses being built.
Right now there’s less than 1.five million Americans confined to nursing homes. Reportedly ten % of these nursing properties are operating below bankruptcy protection. It really is effectively known that most of these facilities are understaffed and several never have competent help.
Next, let’s consider that the Alzheimer’s Association tells us the likelihood of creating Alzheimer’s after age 85 is 50 %. By 2030, they tell us that the number of people today age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s illness is estimated to reach 7.7 million, a 50 % raise from the five.2 million age 65 and older currently impacted.
The logical query I have to ask is “if we cannot take adequate care of 1.5 million folks today, how can we possibly take care of 7.7 million individuals in 2030?” We can’t. Far more just place, when you or your spouse or your parent has Alzheimer’s, there is no place for them to go. Not to be cruel, but if you ever feel for a moment about taking in an aged parent with Alzheimer’s into your property, please consider again. Ask any caregiver who’s been through it. It is Assured to destroy any families’ peace of mind and harmony.
Why aren’t our political leaders actively operating on options? Where’s health technology in Singapore ? Regrettably our political leaders only align themselves with solvable difficulties.
America’s seniors became additional hopeful reading that Well being Reform will support them with added Lengthy Term Care solutions. And we now know THAT is not going to occur. There are no plans in location to aid our nation’s seniors think they’ll receive the comfort and dignity of adequate long term care services. What is worse is the silence shared by all our political leaders. The silence is now deafening.