Dean Announcing Elder-Care Proposals

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By Mike Glover, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - Howard Dean is proposing tax breaks to help pay for long-term care insurance and a national registry to weed out health workers who have abused elderly patients.

In a speech promoted as a major new policy initiative, Dean also will seek flexibility for states to offer care for older Americans outside nursing homes and will push for a new investment in community and home-based care for the elderly. (...)

He has criticized his Democratic rivals for proposing broad new spending proposals and warned that they risk taking the party back to a time when many considered Democrats a tax-and-spend party. (...)

"In Vermont, we check on people receiving care at home, not an inspection but a call to see if there are problems," Dean said in his prepared remarks. "This needs to happen anywhere vulnerable seniors are receiving care at home or in the community." (...)

It is a crucial issue in Iowa, home of leadoff precinct caucuses Jan. 19, where the population is among the oldest in the nation. Those elderly are a political force because they vote in far higher proportions than people of other age groups.

[madfloridian]

1. Check your link.

:hi:

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3. Thanks! Fixed It!

Mea culpa. Try now.

[realFedUp]

2. Many people start buying long-term care insurance in their 50's

Does Dean propose tax breaks for those people?

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4. AP Says the Speech Is Tomorrow

Details tomorrow, I guess. This really is late breaking news, because the AP somehow got the jump on it. Nothing even on Dean`s Blog yet.