Reforming the US Long-Term Care Insurance Market
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Economics
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Long-term Care Insurance
Medicaid
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Medicaid
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2024
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Braun, R. Anton
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Nursing home risk is significant and costly. Yet, most Americans pay for long-term care (LTC) expenses out-of-pocket. This chapter examines reforms to both public and private LTCI provision using a structural model of the US LTCI market. Three policies are considered: universal public LTCI, no public LTCI coverage, and a policy that exempts asset holdings from the public insurance asset test on a dollar-for-dollar basis with private LTCI coverage. We find that this third reform enhances social welfare and creates a vibrant private LTCI market while preserving the safety-net provided by public insurance to low-income individuals.
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WP2024-23
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2024-10-03
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All findings, interpretations, and conclusions of this paper represent the views of the authors and not those of the Wharton School or the Pension Research Council. © 2024 Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.