Long-term care quiz

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  1. Private long-term care insurance pays for more than 15% of total long-term care expenditures in the U.S.
    True False

  2. Medicare will pay for long-term care costs such as nursing homes and home health care.
    True False

  3. Medicaid is the primary funding source for long-term care in the U.S.
    True False

  4. The average nursing home cost is over $50,000 per year in the U.S.
    True False

  5. More than half of baby boomers have thought about how they would pay for long-term nursing home care or long-term home health care services if they should need them.
    True False

  6. More than 15% of people over 45 have purchased long-term care insurance.
    True False

  7. Today, a 65-year old has more than a 40% chance of entering a nursing home.
    True False

  8. The population of those 65+ will grow significantly in the next 30 years.
    True False

  9. Approximately half of all nursing home residents have Alzheimer's disease.
    True False

  10. 15% of the 65+ population has used some type of long-term care service in the year 2000.
    True False

  11. Long-term care services are overwhelmingly used by the elderly.
    True False

 
    

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