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April 19, 2019

Washington may be 1st state with long-term care benefit

  • The measure creates a benefit for those who pay into the program, with a lifetime maximum of $36,500 per person, paid for by an employee payroll premium.
    • By RACHEL LA CORTE
    Associated Press

    OLYMPIA — Washington is poised to become the first state to establish an employee-paid program creating an insurance benefit to help offset the costs of long-term care, a step advocates say will help an aging population that is likely not prepared for the increasing costs needed for daily assistance.

    The measure creates a benefit for those who pay into the program, with a lifetime maximum of $36,500 per person, indexed to inflation, paid for by an employee payroll premium. It has cleared both the House and the Senate, but because the Senate made several changes before passing it earlier this week, the measure now heads back to the House for a final vote.


     
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