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About the LTC Forum Bulletin Board The Center for Long-Term Care Reform has a brand new internet forum or "bulletin board" where members can ask questions, make comments, bellyache or celebrate. Some of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform's most popular
LTC Bullets and LTC E-Alerts are the ones that raise an issue or
ask a question and invite replies. Even when we don't ask members to respond, emails pour in
most days with queries or comments. We
do our best to research the answers and to reply, especially for dues-paying
members of the Center. Often, it seems like others might have the same questions
and appreciate receiving the answers. In
such cases, we sometimes turn the question and answer into a Bullet or an
E-Alert. But until now, we have not had a systematic way to post,
respond to and publicize inquiries and answers.
Nor have we had a way for Center members to exchange ideas between each
other. Now we do! Introducing
the brand new Center for Long-Term Care Reform LTC Forum for Center-members
only. [Not a Center member yet, no problem.
You can register and pay dues online at http://www.centerltc.com/support/index.htm.
Or make it easy on yourself, call or email Damon at 206-283-7036 or damon@centerltc.com.
You'll be in The Zone, on the LTC Forum, and in the know within minutes.] Once you've registered for the CLTCR LTC Forum
(registration instructions follow below), here's what you'll find:
eight separate topic categories within which you can post a question or
comment and reply to others' queries.
Please help us build it into a valuable resource for all LTC
professionals. Here are the topic areas and the posts so far: DEMOGRAPHICS
AND OTHER DATA: The impact of the
Baby Boom and discussion of the coming "age wave."
Discussion of resources and data on LTC cost, spending and utilization.
MEDICAID
PLANNING: The impact on public
programs and benefit recipients, the latest court and administration rulings and
the effect on the marketability of private long-term care solutions. REALITY
CHECK: THE FACTS ON LTCI:
These Bullets address inaccuracies and faulty data that abound in media coverage of
long-term care insurance. Includes
anecdotes from the popular press that highlight the benefits of planning ahead
and taking personal responsibility for long-term care. THE LTC
PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONS: Topics that
address or support the arguments fully developed in the Center's white papers:
"LTC Choice: A Simple, Cost-Free Solution to the Long-Term Care
Financing Puzzle" and "Myth of Unaffordability:
How Most Americans Should, Could, and Would Buy Private Long-Term Care
Insurance." Also, analysis of
proposals for solving the LTC financing crisis offered by academics, think tanks
and others. LTC
SERVICES: Highlights the link
between private financing and quality services. POLITICS
AND LEGISLATION: Commentary on the
news from Congress, the Administration, HCFA, and the states. CLTCR
NEWS: What's happening at the
Center, press coverage and releases. MISCELLANEOUS:
Everything else. If you've never participated in an online "bulletin
board" before, it may take a little practice to get the hang of it.
If you're an old hand at such things, you should find this one very easy.
The more proficient you become, the more valuable the resource will be.
You can even tell the CLTCR LTC Forum to send you an email message
whenever someone responds to your post. If you have any problem at all, Damon is available to help
at 206-283-7036 or damon@centerltc.com. Steve Moses says: "I'll
be on the Center's LTC Forum every day. I'll
contribute when I have something to say. And
I look forward to learning from the posts of others.
Center members are among the smartest, most experienced and successful
people in the field of long-term care. I
hope this new Forum will become a valuable resource for us all to learn from
each other." Here’s how to enter: 1. Register
with Damon by email damon@centerltc.com
or by phone 206-283-7036. He will give you your user name and password so you
can log on. You may respond to topics and create your own within all
eight forum categories. If you
would like to suggest a new forum category, contact Damon directly damon@centerltc.com
or 206-283-7036. Please also feel
free to contact him if you need further help or have any questions.
Enjoy! Oh, and fair warning: in the future, when you respond directly to an LTC Bullet or LTC E-Alert, your email goes to our central email address, info@centerltc.com. Expect that your question or comment sent to that address and our reply may be posted to the LTC Forum without further notice. If you wish to communicate directly and confidentially, email Steve Moses directly at smoses@centerltc.com or Damon at damon@centerltc.com.
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