“Hidebound scholars harm long-term care,” by Stephen A. Moses, McKnights LTC News
“Widespread catastrophic asset spend-down for LTC is the conventional academic wisdom. Scholars hew to it slavishly, resisting all evidence to the contrary. The editorial tradition of ‘peer review,’ that is, publishing only what other scholars have already said about a subject, protects the intellectual status quo from scrutiny. The consequences for LTC financing policy and the people affected by it are serious.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
Many assumptions about LTC financing that are taken for granted in the scholarly literature are wrong, but protected by a solid wall of “peer review” to the detriment of patients, caregivers, LTC providers and insurers. To make sense of what ails LTC, read the Paragon Health Institute’s “Long-Term Care: The Problem” and “Long-Term Care: The Solution” and watch this “virtual LTC event” featuring age wave visionary Ken Dychtwald and leading LTC researchers. To find ample private funds for LTC, check out “Medicaid’s $100+ Billion Leak.” For what not to do, see “Medi-Cal-amity: California’s Reckless Expansion of Medicaid Long-Term Care to the Affluent.” Much more on long-term care here.