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New Jersey Targets Long Term Care Initiatives

Tue, 10/24/2000 - 11:00pm — Karen Stevenson
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New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) and the (National) Long Term Care Campaign are working together in an effort to raise long term care issues on a local level. Recently, the two organizations sponsored a Long Term Care meeting bringing together organizations throughout the state interested in raising these issues with the candidates before the November 2000 elections. The groups concluded that education is the first step. NJ's voters need to know "What is Long Term Care" and then we can address the problems of long term care. NJCA will mail information pamphlets on long term care to anyone who wants them to be disseminated by you to staff members, consumers, and others you believe are concerned about this issue. Please contact NJCA 732-246-4772.

Principal sponsors of the Campaign include the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the Alzheimer's Association, and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The Long Term Care Campaign is a coalition of 147 national organizations dedicated to enacting comprehensive legislation to protect American families against the devastating costs of long term care. The Campaign also works to defend long term care Medicaid, which pays for about half of our nation's long term care.

New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) and the (National) Long Term Care Campaign are working together in an effort to raise long term care issues on a local level. Recently, the two organizations sponsored a Long Term Care meeting bringing together organizations throughout the state interested in raising these issues with the candidates before the November 2000 elections. The groups concluded that education is the first step. NJ's voters need to know "What is Long Term Care" and then we can address the problems of long term care. NJCA will mail information pamphlets on long term care to anyone who wants them to be disseminated by you to staff members, consumers, and others you believe are concerned about this issue. Please contact NJCA 732-246-4772.

Medical Expenses Burden the Oldest and Poorest

Wed, 03/08/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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A study done by Rutgers University, "Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Among Older Americans," shows that the oldest and poorest of the elderly are hit particularly hard with medical expenses. The report says that elderly Americans average 19% of their total income on out-of-pocket medical expenses annually, with more than half of these payments going toward prescription drugs and dental care. The report states that people in the lowest income quintile spend 32% of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses, in spite of Medicaid coverage for some of those costs, as compared with the 9% of income spent by those in the highest income brackets. The report also found that over one third of out-of-pocket payments to health providers were related to prescription drug costs. Out-of-pocket expenses used in the report include health insurance premiums, medical co-payments and prescriptions.

A study done by Rutgers University, "Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Among Older Americans," shows that the oldest and poorest of the elderly are hit particularly hard with medical expenses. The report says that elderly Americans average 19% of their total income on out-of-pocket medical expenses annually, with more than half of these payments going toward prescription drugs and dental care. The report states that people in the lowest income quintile spend 32% of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses, in spite of Medicaid coverage for some of those costs, as compared with the 9% of income spent by those in the highest income brackets. The report also found that over one third of out-of-pocket payments to health providers were related to prescription drug costs. Out-of-pocket expenses used in the report include health insurance premiums, medical co-payments and prescriptions.