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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2530
igaa057.2530
Abstracts
Session 6245 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Learning From New State Initiatives in Financing Long-Term Services and Supports
Cohen Marc 1 Tell Eiileen 2 Albright Bonnie 1 1 
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2 
ET Consulting, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”717 717
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
A number of states are taking concrete action on long-term services and supports (LTSS) financing which provides an opportunity to learn about the reasons why they are doing so, to identify the coalitions that have come together in support of such actions, and to understand factors associated with the choice of particular strategies and approaches. The purpose of the presentation is to report on a comparative qualitative study across six leading-edge states—Washington State, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota, California, and Michigan—in order to describe their activities and identify and analyze commonalities and differences in their specific approaches and programs. An overarching goal is to help state officials, consumer advocates, and interested LTSS providers understand the strategies and approaches that other states—who may be further along in their development—are taking in this area so that they might have insights into strategies that might be a fit for their state.