New long-term care insurance will provide flexible cash benefits

Writing for Kaiser Health News, Harris Meyer explains the CLASS Act, which is a part of the new health reform law: "Millie Toda of Toledo, Ohio, takes cares of her husband Richard, 83, who is severely disabled from Parkinson's Disease. She's grateful that with the help of government-paid home health aides and adult day care, he's able to continue living at home rather than move to a nursing home" (Meyer, 4/15). Read entire article.

Kaiser Health NewsThis article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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