What: | Policy Forum and Briefing on the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program, a part of the Affordable Care Act that creates a national insurance program to help people pay for long-term services and supports. | |
Who: | Bob Yee, FSA, MAAA --- Actuary retained by the CLASS Office | |
Gretchen Alkema, Ph.D --- The SCAN Foundation | ||
Judy Feder, Ph.D --- Georgetown University | ||
Connie Garner, Ph.D.--- Advance CLASS, Inc. | ||
When: | Monday October 17 | |
11:00-12:30 p.m. | ||
Where: | LeadingAge Annual Meeting and Exposition | |
Washington Convention Center | ||
801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW | ||
Room 143BC | ||
Why: | On October 14, the CLASS Program administrator issued a memo to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services saying she "did not see a path to move forward" with CLASS at this time. However, the actuarial report that Yee authored found that CLASS can be implemented sustainably. The panel will discuss CLASS' feasibility, the public's preference for it and potential options to ensure this program stays in place. | |
Contact: | Lauren Shaham, lshaham@LeadingAge.org, (202) 329-2075 | |
/PRNewswire -- Oct. 16, 2011/
SOURCE LeadingAge
