U.S. May Further Delay Health Program Targeted by Republicans

U.S. health officials said they will trim staff from a long-term care insurance program that was part of the 2010 health-care law, adding that the initiative may never proceed.

Known as the “Class Act,” the program was designed to keep those with disabilities or impairments in performing daily tasks out of nursing homes. Congressional Republicans say the initiative is fiscally unsustainable because premiums paid into the program won’t cover benefits in later years.