Leading long-term care organizations gathered this week in Washington to challenge presidential candidates and other policy makers to restructure long-term and post-acute care.

The American Health Care Association (AHCA), the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (the Alliance), and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) unveiled a proposal emphasizing better coordination of both care and financing, greater private sector involvement, and appropriate personal responsibility. Part of the plan is to restructure the Medicaid program to relieve the pressure on state governments to devote ever-greater resources to pay for care.

Details of the proposal are available at http://www.ahca.org.