WHERE DO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STAND ON COMMUNITY-BASED LONG TERM CARE?
The Democratic front-runners in the campaign for the Presidency responded to a national survey on their position on community based long term care. ADAPT, the largest national grassroots, disability activist group, which did the survey, released the results today. The goal is to inform voters – before New Hampshire and the other primaries — where the candidates stand on issues related to long term care. Too often these issues are not addressed in general campaign information and debates. “Long term care and the bias toward nursing home and other institutional programs is the elephant in the room,” said national ADAPT organizer Bob Kafka. “We spend 85 billion dollars a year on long term care services and Medicaid is the fastest growing part of every state’s budget.” ADAPT hopes this survey and the responses and non-responses given, will spark debate on this critical issue. All the candidates were surveyed but President Bush, Senator Lieberman, and Al Sharpton did not respond.
