1st Edition
The Affordable Care Act Advancing Long-Term Care Policy in the United States
1. Introduction: The Affordable Care Act and Long-Term Care: Comprehensive Reform or Just Tinkering Around the Edges? Edward Alan Miller, University of Massachusetts Boston, Brown University, USA
2. The CLASS Act: Is It Dead or Just Sleeping? Joshua M. Wiener, RTI, USA
3. A 10-Foot Rope for a 50-Yard Drop: The CLASS Act in the a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act William G. Weissert, Florida State University, USA
4. Partnership Long-Term Care Insurance: Lessons for CLASS Program Development Mark R. Meiners, George Mason University, USA
5. Medicaid Home- an d Community-Based Services: Impact of the Affordable Care Act Charlene Harrington, Terence Ng, Mitchell LaPlante, H. Stephen Kaye, University of California, San Francisco, USA
6. Impact of Health Care Reform on the Workforce Caring for Older Adults Robyn I. Stone, Natasha Bryant, LeadingAge, USA
7. Nursing Homes and the Affordable Care Act: A Cease Fire in the Ongoing Struggle Over Quality Catherine Hawes, Darcy M. Moudouni, Rachel B. Edwards, Charles D. Phillips, Texas A & M, USA
8. Care Coordination for Dually Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries under the Affordable Care Act David Grabowski, Harvard Medical School, USA
9. Medicare and the Affordable Care Act Marilyn Moon, American Institutes for Research, USA
10. Conclusion
Biography
Edward Alan Miller, Ph.D., M.P.A., is an Associate Professor of Gerontology & Public Policy and Fellow of the Gerontologist Institute at the McCormack Graduate School for Policy & Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, at Brown University, USA. His research focuses on understanding the determinants and effects of federal and state policies affecting vulnerable populations. Previous publications include Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era (2009).
