Long-Term Care: Overview
Class Act
Long-Term Care: Possible Solutions?
You should know this by now (Hodgepodge)
100

Roughly 2/3 of residents in a nursing home rely on [this government program] to pay for their care.

Medicaid

100

What federal act, part of the ACA and repealed in 2013, aimed to provide a voluntary long-term care insurance program?

The CLASS Act

100

What’s the name of the initiative in Washington that hopes to address LTC?

WA Cares

100

What is the minimum number of years one had to contribute to the CLASS Act program before claiming eligibility?

Five years.

200

Name at least two types of long-term care options.

- Assisted living facility

- Skilled nursing homes

- Home health aide (includes family)

- Adult day centers

- Hospice

200

What was the primary reason for repealing the CLASS Act just two years after it became effective?

Financial unsustainability

200

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recommends expanding access to HCBS for individuals with LTC needs who are ineligible for Medicaid. What does HCBS stand for?

Home and Community-Based Services

200

Name the Act that inadvertently encouraged the growth of the private nursing home industry by excluding residents in public institutions from financial assistance.

The Social Security Act of 1935.

300

In 2020, at least half of Americans' long-term care was funded via Medicaid, accounting for billions of dollars.

$200.1 billion

300

Under the CLASS Act, eligibility for receiving daily cash benefits required individuals to have this type of impairment or limitations, affecting their ability to perform two or more activities necessary for daily living.

Functional limitations or equivalent cognitive impairments.

300

The WISH Act introduces a novel federal long-term care program funded through payroll taxes. It proposes a significant amendment to the Title? of which Act?

Title II of the Social Security Act.

300

This Act, part of the American Rescue Plan 2021, provided additional funding to state Medicaid programs for LTC during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.

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