Economic Trends | Ideas and Discussion
By: NIC | May 25, 2016
Registration is underway for the 2016 NIC Fall Conference, September 14–16 in downtown Washington, D.C. With full schedules of networking and programming for all three days, the conference will attract seniors housing and care leaders focused on shoring up connections and adding their voices to discussions central to the industry.
Economic Trends | Skilled Nursing
By: NIC | May 11, 2016
By Liz Liberman, Health Care Analyst, NIC
Economic Trends | Skilled Nursing
By: NIC | April 27, 2016
By Liz Liberman, Health Care Analyst, NIC
Economic Trends | Ideas and Discussion
By: NIC | March 30, 2016
As America ages, the U.S. economy and its macro components—Social Security, Medicare, workforce, and taxation, to name a few—will be affected. Today federal spending on earned-benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare accounts for nearly two-thirds of the total federal budget. These programs’ expenses crowd out discretionary spending for other high-priority societal needs, including education, infrastructure, and even defense spending.
