I am deeply concerned that the American public, particularly our nation’s elders, will be relying on our government to give lengthy term care solutions they will under no circumstances see. They will only see the “smoke and mirrors” of Overall health Care Reform.

Our nation’s seniors are the most vulnerable segment of the U.S. population vulnerable both health smart and financially. They’re silently discovering the savings they thought would be sufficient is not enough. They’re silently fearful of running out of cash with no a single to care for them as they turn into extra frail. The silence is about to become deafening.

Regrettably, when Overall health Care Reform proudly announced New Long Term Care Solutions, it discouraged quite a few American’s from buying Lengthy Term Care Insurance.

The New York Times reported on ‘Options Expand for Affordable Lengthy-Term Care’ THE NEW OLD AGE. The Connected Press announced ‘New Well being Care Law Has Added benefits for Seniors’. Point being, the casual reader was relieved to hear their government will “take care of them” when they need lengthy term care solutions. We now know that is not about to happen.

Fortunately our representatives in Washington discovered that Health Care Reforms answer to the issue of Lengthy Term Care, “CLASS”, (Community Living Help Solutions and Supports Act) legislation would have been fiscally unsound. $70 billion in premiums that was expected to be raised for the new “long term care” system would have been counted as “deficit reduction”. The extended term care advantages it was intended to finance had been assumed not to materialize in the initially 10 years. Nevertheless, that income was not accounted for anyplace in the legislation.

The new legislation proposed to “trim” $463 billion from Medicare. However Medicare is presently getting problems balancing its books now. But, why does the wellness care bill inform us Medicare can operate more cheaply going forward without the accompanying reforms?

Our national media gave enormous fanfare to the CLASS ACT when it passed. Sadly domiciliary care provider has given the CLASS ACT’s demise small attention. Now what?

Projections show that the federal deficit is anticipated to exceed $700 billion annually over the subsequent decade. This primarily will double the national and $900 billion represents interest on prior debt. Would the CFO of any main corporation in the United States let the business he worked for to end up in this kind of monetary position? Completely not.

Our officials in Congress have been elected to protect the best interests of the American people today. “Robbing Peter to spend Paul”, and after once again printing much more currency, has grow to be our government’s mantra for the future. However the magnitude of the mismanagement of America’s purse strings has now reached an unconscionable state.

The United States of America can’t continue to mismanage its monetary future. Future Congresses will have to deliver a multitude of future reforms and, regrettably, history tells us THAT will never ever take place. Proposals for financing health reform had been based on more “smoke and mirrors”. The “Cadillac” tax is scheduled to commence in 2018.

The wellness care legislation that has been forced on every single and just about every a single of us is identified to be fiscally unsound. Where do we go from here? It really is as well easy to point the finger at the President and his administration. But Congress owns the responsibility of passing Overall health Care Legislation. And THAT is the trouble.

The 535 voting members of Congress shared the responsibility equally. If 1 clear considering, intelligent, honorable Congressman had the whole duty for Well being Care Reform, he or she would not have forced a fiscally unsound Well being Care Reform Bill down our throats.

Now let’s once again evaluate how Health Care Reform will function against our senior citizens.

A most current government report identified that in 2000 there had been 1.eight million readily available nursing residence beds. As the year 2010 came to a close, there had been 1.7 million nursing property beds a net 5 percent reduction in available beds. And, there are no new nursing properties getting built.

Currently there is less than 1.five million Americans confined to nursing homes. Reportedly ten % of these nursing houses are operating beneath bankruptcy protection. It’s well identified that most of these facilities are understaffed and many never have competent support.

Next, let’s take into consideration that the Alzheimer’s Association tells us the likelihood of establishing Alzheimer’s right after age 85 is 50 %. By 2030, they tell us that the number of folks age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s illness is estimated to reach 7.7 million, a 50 percent enhance from the 5.two million age 65 and older presently affected.

The logical question I ought to ask is “if we cannot take sufficient care of 1.five million folks these days, how can we possibly take care of 7.7 million persons in 2030?” We can’t. Additional merely put, when you or your spouse or your parent has Alzheimer’s, there is no spot for them to go. Not to be cruel, but if you ever consider for a moment about taking in an aged parent with Alzheimer’s into your dwelling, please assume once again. Ask any caregiver who’s been via it. It is Guaranteed to destroy any families’ peace of mind and harmony.

Why aren’t our political leaders actively working on options? Where’s the outcry? Regrettably our political leaders only align themselves with solvable issues.

America’s seniors became a lot more hopeful reading that Well being Reform will aid them with added Lengthy Term Care services. And we now know THAT is not going to happen. There are no plans in spot to assistance our nation’s seniors believe they will obtain the comfort and dignity of adequate lengthy term care services. What is worse is the silence shared by all our political leaders. The silence is now deafening.