Tag: health care

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The brief’s key findings are: An expansion in the Veterans Administration health care system offers insights on how health insurance reform may affect older workers’ employment decisions. The VA reform provided free coverage outside of employment, causing older male workers to work less by increasing their income and reducing job lock. More-educated workers used suc…

Nurse taking care of mature patient in front of window

Introduction The system for financing and delivering long-term care in the United States is deeply flawed.  While families and government spend more than $200 billion annually for such services, many frail elderly and disabled fail to receive the care they need.  This problem is expected to become more severe as the Baby Boom generation ages…