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Archive Home > 2011 > October > 30 > Here lies The CLASS Act 2010 ~ 2011

Here lies The CLASS Act 2010 ~ 2011

• The bill – championed by Sen. Edward Kennedy – was meant to assist the aging middle class with their health care costs, but as jobs issues take center stage in the election, many lawmakers and analysts say the legislation was doomed

By Gardiner Harris and Robert Pear • New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
October 30, 2011

The law that many Americans had hoped would transform the nation’s dysfunctional system of long-term care for the swelling ranks of people with disabilities and dementia quietly died this month, a victim of its own weaknesses, a toxic political environment and President Barack Obama’s....

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