Weekly News Wrap-Up (November 30 - December 04)

CBO: CLASS Act Could Eventually Contribute to Deficit (McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living, December 1, 2009)
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, which appears in House and Senate healthcare reform legislation, could wind up adding tens of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, according to a Nov. 25 analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

Senate Set to Begin Debate This Week on Healthcare Reform Bill (McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living, November 30, 2009)
Fresh from its Thanksgiving break, the Senate is scheduled to pick up its debate over healthcare reform on Tuesday. Some provisions affecting senior care providers are similar to those in the House bill and some are different.

National Family Caregivers Association Sponsors Free Teleclass and Webinar for Family Caregivers (National Family Caregiver Association (NFCA), November 2009)
National Family Caregivers Month is proclaimed every November as a time to thank, support, educate and empower all those providing care to loved ones with chronic ailments, disabilities, or frailties of old age.

The NAB Co-Convenes “Long Term Services and Supports in Health Reform Solutions Summit (2009)”
The NAB joined George Mason University Long-Term Care Educational Foundation and Amerigroup Public Policy Institute at the Capitol Hill Visitor Center in Washington D.C. to provide a forum for key Congressional staff, policy analysts and LTSS experts to review the role and relevance of LTSS in health reform, synthesize health reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience and evidence, and discuss how major strategies for broad-based health reform can include LTSS for seniors and people with disabilities.