Long-Term Care Insurance in Israel

The population in Israel is aging rapidly and life expectancy is expected to continue to rise. The Taub Center is publishing a study that includes data on long-term care (LTC) in Israel; information on the number of individuals with private LTC insurance; current data on the national expenditure on LTC in recent years; the number of elderly who are defined as LTC patients and who are eligible for LTC benefits (private and public. During the past decade, the number of those eligible for LTC benefits from private insurance plans and from the National Insurance Institute (NII) has almost doubled. Taub Center researchers Nir Kaidar, Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, and Prof. Avi Weiss describe the problems with the existing LTC insurance system based on the findings of the research and propose several policy alternatives that can improve LTC service and will benefit those who need it.