And it opposes the CLASS Act, another part of health care overhaul that sets up a voluntary, long-term care insurance program.
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The measure, a piece of the 2010 health reform law, was supposed to create a new national, voluntary long-term care insurance system.
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Anne Tumlinson of the consulting firm Avalere Health, Josh Wiener of RTI International and their co-authors found that mandatory insurance would be significantly less expensive than voluntary coverage.
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