Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
Customer Service: Where’s the Bacon?
By Daniel WilliamsGreat advisors give clients great customer service when they do the due diligence to find out not only what the consumer wants but what the consumer needs.
November 21, 2011
OneAmerica: Long-Term Care Products Remain Viable OptionAsset-based long-term care products have taken on heightened importance in light of the potential repeal of a federal law designed to provide long-term care coverage, according to a Midwestern-based insurer.
November 21, 2011
OneAmerica: Long-Term Care Products Remain Viable OptionAsset-based long-term care products have taken on heightened importance in light of the potential repeal of a federal law designed to provide long-term care coverage, according to a Midwestern-based insurer.
November 20, 2011
The Doctor Doesn’t Do OldOlder people tend to need more medical care than younger people do, and the average age of a U.S. resident is going up.
November 20, 2011
Panelists Ice Out LTCI TalkHoward Gleckman, the moderator of a recent Urban Institute panel discussion on long-term care in an era of shrinking government, greeted an audience question about private long-term care insurance (LTCI) with a polite but distant stare.
November 20, 2011
But Wait, There’s More!The CLASS Act stopped before it even got started. But it was just one of many PPACA LTC provisions.
November 15, 2011
House Panel Votes to Repeal CLASS ActRep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., says lawmakers should start over on long-term care reform.
November 13, 2011
LTC Panelists Ice Out LTCI TalkThe speakers at a recent long-term care discussion greeted a question about private insurance with disdain.