Every dollar in health care that we spend is somebody's income and they typically resist efforts to lower that. Ultimately, this is a question of political will.
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Beyond that, the group in the bottom 25 percent, people with family incomes under 19,000, are generally in trouble, ... They do not have savings, do not have pensions, they're not prepared to retire.John Rother
That was a real surprise. Generic drug prices have been kept down substantially compared to previous years. I'm not sure I can explain that, but it's certainly good news for consumers and more reason than ever to switch to a generic drug if you have that option.
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the middle 50 percent we can hope they'll be OK if things go right.
John Rother
The report, while being good news for many, also points out that if the issues of the growing and aging population's future long term care needs, are not addressed today, the choices will be limited to the wealthy and highly educated. Access to choices for the population at large will be restricted to those who can afford alternatives to nursing homes such as assisted living or home and community based services. Any changes must extend the benefits of improved health and increased choice to those who have been left out thus far.
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What happened was the debate got polarized very early and the opportunity to find the middle ground was missed.
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Assisted living is becoming so popular that everyone's kind of changing the sign on their door, no matter what they provide. We thought it was important to create a clear standard ... so that hopefully the label of assisted living won't be used in a way to mislead people.
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