Benefits Think CLASS Act called a ‘zombie’ that produces ‘phantom savings’ (UPDATED)

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UPDATED, 10/17/11: On Oct. 14, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was indefinitely suspending implementation of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program. HHS cited actuarial and solvency impediments as why it could not find “a way to make CLASS work at this time.” Click here for the full report sent to Congress as well as a cover letter from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

It’s getting close to Halloween, which has many of us thinking about ghosts, witches, vampires and zombies.


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