Meiners M R
Health Care Financ Rev. 1988 Dec;Spec No(Suppl):109-12.
Until recently, insurance for long-term care was not viewed as feasible. This perception has changed dramatically in the past few years. Several models of long-term care insurance have begun to be tested. Although the application of insurance principles to long-term care is still new, the emergence of private market interest in developing long-term care insurance has been a catalyst to renewed public-policy support for reforming the way we pay for long-term care. States, in particular, have become interested in developing public-private partnerships to support the emergence of long-term care insurance that could help relieve the mounting pressure on Medicaid budgets.
直到最近，长期护理保险都被认为是不可行的。这种观念在过去几年中发生了巨大变化。几种长期护理保险模式已开始进行测试。尽管将保险原则应用于长期护理仍属新鲜事物，但私人市场对发展长期护理保险产生的兴趣已成为推动公共政策重新支持改革长期护理支付方式的催化剂。特别是各州，已开始对发展公私合作关系产生兴趣，以支持长期护理保险的出现，这有助于缓解医疗补助预算日益增加的压力。
