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.
A Long-Term Care Primer: The Need and the LTCI Option
By Rosanne RogéThe need is great now and will only grow greater. Insurers are beginning to step up.
June 07, 2011
Facility-Based Health Care Costs Up, In-Home Care Remains FlatGenworth found that costs for care in assisted living facilities and nursing homes have increased over the past year, while in-home care has held steady.
June 06, 2011
Ruth Larkin Launches LifeCycle BenefitsRuth Larkin, a 25-year veteran in the employee benefit market, is launching LifeCycle Benefits, an organization designed to specifically address the employer and employee needs surrounding longevity planning and long-term care insurance (LTCI). Click on the headline for the full story.
June 06, 2011
HHS Launches Medicare Medical Home PilotThe Obama administration has set up a 3-year, $42 million Medicare pilot program that will test the ability of the "patient-centered medical home" to lower the cost of care and improve the quality.
June 06, 2011
Reverse mortgage: One son's storyIn Senior Market Advisor's 2011 Senior Survey, participants were asked if they had done or would they ever consider doing a reverse mortgage. Seventy-six percent said no. Perhaps they might have had they heard the following story.
June 06, 2011
HHS Launches Medicare Medical Home PilotThe Obama administration has set up a 3-year, $42 million Medicare pilot program that will test the ability of the "patient-centered medical home" to lower the cost of care and improve the quality.
June 03, 2011
Consumer Advocate: Shopping Not Easy for Medicare EnrolleesCurrent Medicare program rules place sharp limits on enrollees who would like to do their best to hold down their health care expenses.
June 02, 2011
Death, disease rates linked to primary careSeniors receiving more primary care have slightly less chance of death and are less likely to be admitted to the hospital with a preventable disease, a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows.