Darla Mercado of Investment News has written an insightful article about proposed nationalization of Long Term Care insurance and some possible solutions.  Read It Here (New Window)

On Future of Government Funding of Long Term Care

To quote Dallas L. Salisbury, president and chief executive of the Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington:

"We won't see anything to move in the direction of more funding for long term care"

In addition to reporting about two proposed government programs, the rest of the article is about the affordability of acute home care vs. a nursing home and some alternative proposals as well.