Nationalized Health Insurance: The Lessons of Catastrophic Care : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 13, 1992, Waterbury, CT. |
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Page 57 - According to normal usage, poverty is '[t]he state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions' (Kanbur and Squire 1999 AD: 5).
Page 20 - Care of the Select Committee on Aging of the US House of Representatives, "about 5 percent of the nation's elderly may be victims of abuse from moderate to severe.
Page 37 - He are both sad and appalled by the stories of "granny dumping" which can only get worse until we develop a comprehensive long-term care plan. It is estimated that 70,000 elderly Americans were abandoned last year by family members unable or unwilling to care for them or pay for their care. One in every five families in America now takes care of an elderly parent.
Page 19 - Chairman, thank you for your attention, and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Page 56 - Ecosystem - the complex of a community and its environment functioning as an ecological unit in nature.
Page 36 - ... note that a long-term care plan will benefit almost all Americans, not just our elderly. Four of every five American families have experienced or expect to experience a long-term care problem in the near future. During their lifetimes, 36 percent to 45 percent of those who become eligible for Medicare will spend some time in a nursing home before they die. As we all know, it costs $30,000 or more a year in a nursing home, and that cost is certain to rise in the future.
Page 15 - At the turn of the century, the average life expectancy was 47 years and four out of every hundred persons were aged 65 or over.
Page 41 - I am glad to be here today. I thank you for the opportunity to speak.