Background Briefing: Long-Term Care Insurance

This policy brief describes the long-term care insurance (LTCI) industry; in particular, it provides overview information about who buys the product, how much it costs, what the market looks like, and how the government has promoted the purchase of the private LTCI. In addition, this brief covers a variety of topics, including barriers to expansion of private LTCI, the LTC partnership program, and international lessons from another highly-developed country (France).