Biden’s Long-Term Care Proposal Will Test Resolve
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There s widespread agreement that it s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
That s the challenge President Joe Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services, a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
It s a historic and profound opportunity to build a stronger framework of services surrounding vulnerable people who need considerable ongoing assistance, said Ai-jen Poo, director of Caring Across Generations, a national group advocating for older adults, individuals with disabilities, families and caregivers.
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Judith GrahamApril 11, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
There’s widespread agreement that it’s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what’s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
That’s the challenge President Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
Biden seeks $400 billion to buttress long-term care. A look at what’s at stake.
There s widespread agreement that it s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
That s the challenge President Joe Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services, a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
It s a historic and profound opportunity to build a stronger framework of services surrounding vulnerable people who need considerable ongoing assistance, said Ai-jen Poo, director of Caring Across Generations, a national group advocating for older adults, individuals with disabilities, families and caregivers.
President Joe Biden s nearly $2 trillion proposal to support U.S. jobs and infrastructure includes $400 billion to fund the kinds of home-based, long-term health care services and aides that many families have, until now, found unaffordable.
Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president s proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services.
There s widespread agreement that it s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
That s the challenge President Joe Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
Evan Vucci/AP
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President Joe Biden s nearly $2 trillion proposal to support U.S. jobs and infrastructure includes $400 billion to fund the kinds of home-based, long-term health care services and aides that many families have, until now, found unaffordable. Evan Vucci/AP
There s widespread agreement that it s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what s necessary, as a nation, to make this possible?
That s the challenge President Biden has put forward with his bold proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based services a major part of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.