title: Finance issue brief: long-term care insurance.
abstract: States are turning their attention to long-term care insurance, spurred by a 1996 federal law and an increasingly urgent need for more options to finance the care of their rapidly growing elderly populations.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mintz
mesh_terms: D005382:Financing, Personal; D006801:Humans; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013219:State Government; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States