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Pelosi makes 3 appointments to long-term care panel
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced three appointments Wednesday to a newly formed panel that will study the best ways to cover long-term care such as nursing-home stays.
Congress created the new board late last year as it formally repealed the CLASS program in President Obama's healthcare law, which was intended to cover long-term care but proved unworkable.
Pelosi named three members to the bipartisan panel on Wednesday.
She chose Bruce Chernof, president and chief executive of the SCAN Foundation; Judith Stein, founder of the Center for Medicare Advocacy; and George Vrandenburg, a philanthropist and former entertainment executive.
“These three leaders will represent the interests, concerns and voices of every family struggling to deal with issues of long-term care, and we look forward to working with them to develop a clear, comprehensive plan to tackle these challenges," Pelosi said in a statement.
