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Starting               in               2011,               your               employer               may               be               offering               a               new               type               of               federal               health               care               plan               for               you.

Termed               the               CLASS               (Community               Living               Assistance               Services               and               Supports)               Act,               this               health               insurance               plan               will               cover               the               costs               of               your               long               term               care               should               you               become               too               disabled               to               perform               basic               tasks               such               as               eating,               bathing,               and               dressing.

The               CLASS               Act               will               be               an               optional               health               plan,               not               a               "tax"               as               some               critics               are               claiming.

Also,               the               premiums               for               this               health               care               plan               will               need               to               be               paid               for               a               minimum               of               five               years               before               any               benefits               can               be               claimed.

Back               in               December               of               2009,               Congress               passed               the               CLASS               Act               bill               as               part               of               the               new               health               care               law.

After               it               was               approved               by               the               House               of               Representatives               in               2010,               Obama               signed               it               into               law.

This               law               specifically               states               that               the               CLASS               Act               is               "a               national               voluntary               insurance               program,"               and               that               employers               are               to               enroll               workers               automatically,               but               that               workers               can               choose               to               waive               this               insurance               coverage               "at               any               time."               The               Congressional               Budget               Office               (CBO)               estimates               that               premiums               may               be               as               low               as               $5               per               month               for               poverty               level               participants               and               students,               but               may               be               as               high               as               $180               per               month               for               other               workers.

The               CBO               expects               that               most               workers               will               end               up               paying               premiums               of               about               $123               per               month.
               The               CLASS               Act               is               not               expected               to               replace               long               term               care               insurance,               which               is               a               partnership               between               state               and               federal               medical               coverage               programs               and               private               insurers.

Long               term               care               insurance               is               intended               to               protect               a               participant's               assets               from               being               completely               "spent               down"               before               that               participant               qualifies               for               long               term               care               coverage               from               Medicaid.

The               CLASS               Act               is               also               not               expected               to               replace               Medicaid,               the               federal               medical               assistance               program               which               covers               long               term               care               for               low               income               individuals.

However,               the               CLASS               Act               is               certainly               expected               to               help               slow               the               drain               on               Medicaid,               which               will               increase               as               baby-boomers               age               and               require               long               term               care.
               How               much               coverage               can               be               expected               from               enrolling               in               voluntary               long               term               care               insurance               from               the               CLASS               Act?

Currently,               daily               long               term               or               nursing               home               care               is               expected               to               be               at               least               $50               per               day               (or               $18,250               per               year),               but               it               may               be               as               much               as               $75               per               day               (or               $27,375               per               year).

However,               keep               in               mind               that               daily               nursing               home               care               can               be               as               much               as               $200               per               day.

Because               the               costs               of               nursing               home               care               are               so               high,               this               insurance               program               would               help               cover               such               items               as               wheelchair               ramps               and               home               health               care               aides,               thus               enabling               program               enrollees               to               remain               in               their               homes               for               as               long               as               possible.

The               CLASS               Act               would               also               not               discriminate               between               enrollees               who               became               injured               or               otherwise               incapacitated               after               age               65               and               those               who               required               assistance               before               that               age.
               Two               things               to               keep               in               mind               are               the               following:               many               individuals               who               carry               Medicare               coverage               assume               that               Medicare               automatically               covers               long               term               care               or               nursing               home               care.

It               does               not.

While               Medicare               may               cover               the               cost               of               a               nursing               home               for               a               given               period               of               time               following               a               hospitalization,               it               does               not               cover               long               term               care               indefinitely.

Another               thing               to               keep               in               mind               is               that,               even               if               one               enrolls               in               the               CLASS               Act               program               next               year,               benefits               will               not               be               paid               out               until               at               least               the               year               2016.

This               limitation               means               that               workers               who               are               currently               62               years               of               age               or               older               may               not               have               enough               employment               time               left               for               sufficient               plan               enrollment.
               Reference:               Should               Long-Term-Care               Insurance               Be               Part               of               Health               Reform?
               http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1946431,00.html#ixzz168eGS6IP






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