People who dread thinking about long-term-care insurance or find it too expensive soon will have a reason to look again.
For the first time in U.S. history, a public long-term-care program is in the works, part of the health-reform legislation that President Obama signed into law earlier this year. But with many details yet to be worked out, it may be too soon to tell how much impact it will have.
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