Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard is considering offering a maverick, long-term health insurance plan, which, if adopted, could provide nursing home and hospital care for faculty and staff, University administrators said yesterday...
Under such a policy, University employees would pay insurance fees to an in-house program that would cover a yet unspecified amount of medical care for patients needing such services for extended periods of time. As universities across the country look into offering long-term care insurance plans, Harvard's research in the area is expected to serve as a model for similar programs...
...Long-term health insurance] is very badly needed as the population ages. We can't make Congress adopt a plan, so we will do it through institutions," said Ernst Benjamin, co-chairman of the pension issues committee of the umbrella organization for higher education in Washington. Benjamin, who also heads the American Association of University Professors, said such policies have not existed at universities until now, but "Harvard will provide academic leadership" in the area...
Insurance companies are now banding together with university representatives to develop health care plans. TIAA-CREF recently sent a letter to 3800 universities to "start them thinking about the issues" of long-term medical insurance, said Sheahan...
...going to try out for the tennis team inthe spring term. The women's team...