The Basics: National Spending For Long-Term Services & Supports (LTSS), 2012

On March 27, 2014, the National Health Policy Forum released this report detailing long-term services and supports (LTSS) for the elderly and younger populations with disabilities being a significant component of national health care spending. In 2012, spending for these services was $219.9 billion (9.3 percent of all U.S. personal health care spending), almost two-thirds of which was paid by the federal-state Medicaid program . . .