Title: Long-Term Care

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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health

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Universal Coverage of Long-Term Care in the United States: Can We Get There From Here?

The 2010 Maxwell Policy Research Symposium, held June 10-11, 2010, addressed the issue of long-term care insurance and services in the United States.  Many argue that our current long-term care system is inadequate, inefficient and unfair. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, included in the health reform legislation that was signed into law earlier this year, represents a possible step toward a more comprehensive and uniform system.

This year’s Policy Research Symposium will brought together leading scholars from the United States and Europe, with a goal of assessing the prospects for moving towards more comprehensive coverage of long term care services in the United States.  The Symposium was co-organized by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Douglas Wolf (of Syracuse University) and Nancy Folbre (of the University of Massachusetts – Amherst).  Papers presented at the Symposium will be compiled in an edited volume for later publication.

Symposium agenda: http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/econconf/index.htm .

Distribution list for future announcements, including notice of publication of Symposium papers, Martha Bonney mwbonney@syr.edu  .