Obama administration halts troubled long-term health plan

Obama administration halts troubled long-term health plan – Washington Times: The Obama administration, admitting that a key part of its health care law is unworkable, has abandoned the long-term care provision for the elderly and infirm in its health care law because it could not certify that the program would ever pay for itself. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said the agency would not continue with the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, effectively confirming months of analysis showing the program to be financially unsustainable.

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