U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A Demographic and Attitudinal Profile of Non-Responders of the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program
LifePlans, Inc.
August 2004
This policy brief was prepared under contract between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and LifePlans, Inc. For additional information about the study, you may visit the DALTCP home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/daltcp.cfm or contact the ASPE Project Officer, Hunter McKay, at HHS/ASPE/DALTCP, Room 424E, H.H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201. His e-mail address is: Hunter.McKay@hhs.gov.
This data brief is one of six commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to analyze survey data collected by Long Term Care Partners from members of the federal family regarding the long-term care insurance offering available to them. This brief analyzes survey data collected from individuals who neither responded to the federal offering of long-term care insurance, nor enrolled in the program ("non-responders"). The remaining briefs address: a Profile of Buyers; a Profile of Non-Buyers; a Comparison of Active and Retired Buyers, Non-Buyers and Non-Responders; a Comparison of Engagement and Participation among Buyers, Non-Buyers and Non-Responders; and a Multivariate Analysis of Buyers and Non-Buyers. A Literature Review is also available.