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Long-term care is the major uninsured expense for most retirees. Neither private health insurance nor Medicare covers long-term care expenses, although Medicare provides for care in a skilled nursing facility for up to 100 days following hospitalization. Long-term care insurance is available in the private market, but less than 5 percent of people purchase plans. …
Social insurance can’t work with participation on a voluntary basis. Providing long-term care is one of the biggest challenges facing an aging society. According to our calculations, about one-quarter of retirees are likely to experience the type of severe long-term care needs that most people dread (high-intensity care for more than three years) and over…
