The Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program, in its first major open season for enrollment since its inception, saw an increase of 20% in enrollment, with more than 45,000 now covered by the largest employer-sponsored plan in the U.S.
The Office of Personnel Management released figures Thursday indicating that, despite premium increases for most members, more than 98% chose to keep existing coverage in force. Also, more than 300 applications were received during the open season from same-sex domestic partners of federal employees, who were allowed to apply for the program with the same abbreviated underwriting granted to spouses.
OPM added that it and Long Term Care Partners, which administers the program, had developed a new and enhanced set of benefits, called FLTCIP 2.0; this provides additional services, such as greater home health care coverage, often looked for by enrollees.