By 2025, between 30% and 35% of national income may have to go toward pensions, medical care and other welfare services for the elderly.
Campaign spokesman Dr Luigi Reale said the consulate's outreach services for the elderly may be retained following a meeting with the Embassy on Thursday.
Those cuts specifically excluded Medicaid, including the one-third of Medicaid that funds long-term care services for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities.
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In fact, the issue of long-term supports and services for the frail elderly and people with disabilities was almost entirely ignored by both parties.
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With the presidential election in less than two weeks, consumers, advocates, and providers should pay attention to what Barack Obama and Mitt Romney would do about long-term supports and services for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities.
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Proposed cuts at the Conservative-controlled council include services for children, the elderly and beaches.
Sales tax revenue funds schools, fire departments, and libraries, as well as services for children and the elderly.
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It includes whether we're going to have decent frontline services for the future, like social care for the elderly, or whether we're just going to have blanket public spending cuts.
Labour leaders at City of York Council predict the latest cuts could affect frontline services such as sheltered housing and care for the elderly and disabled.
Rewards in a market economy must be shared because everyone contributes goods and services to that market economy, including the unemployed, who continue to raise children, care for elderly parents and support with personal services the working people within their midst.
Cecily Henderson clinical services manager, Care of the Elderly, Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust (Edinburgh) - For services to Elderly People.
Daphne Grace Suttle , JP (Penicuik, Midlothian) - For services to the community and to Elderly People in Penicuik, Midlothian.
Going a step further, providing coaching or direct care management services would make all the difference for frail elderly patients.
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Some campaigners have criticised Bromley's Tory administration for proposed and past cuts to services, including the closure of day centres, reduced provision for the elderly and disabled, and the closure of a library.
The shadow health secretary also called for the NHS and local authorities to work closer together to improve care for the elderly and for "full integration" of health and social care services to be actively considered.
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Tessa Harding said services such as health, social services and housing were not co-ordinated for elderly people at the moment.
ACOs last year began providing medical care services to seniors through contracts with the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly.
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Social services for adults are being "remodelled" as the council deals with a rising elderly population, with estimates that by 2032 25% of the population will be over 65.
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Day centres for the elderly and disabled, libraries and some children's services could also be affected, it said.
It could mean short-notice temporary closures or reduced operations at day centres for the elderly and disabled, the report said, with preventative services for children, libraries and one-stop shops also affected.
The council said this could ease the pressure on the authority's revenue budget which is used for frontline services for children and elderly and vulnerable people.
In the end, this trillion-dollar plan is going to be paid for by exacting more money from those who do have coverage and eliminating services from the elderly who are on Medicare.
Another important reason is that the average dollar amount per Medicare claim is much higher than for private insurance because the elderly and disabled use hospital and nursing home services far more than do children or non-elderly adults.
There is no doubt the U.S. has a long-run budget problem, and that we need to do a better job caring for the frail elderly who are chronically ill and need both medical care and long-term services.
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