Improving Access to and Enrollment in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

This document was originally posted on Bipartisan Policy Center. Read the full PDF here.

For the last decade, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Program has advanced federal policy reforms to improve chronic and long-term care for individuals with complex needs. This work began with four of BPC’s health leaders—former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, former Health and Human Services Secretary and Gov. Tommy Thompson, and former Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin. BPC has since released reports that include a range of bipartisan, federal policy solutions to improve access to long-term services and supports (LTSS); simplify and streamline authorities for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS); and better integrate care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.

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