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.
Deficit commission urges cuts to MA, big pharma
By staff WriterRecommendations made by the newly formed deficit commission include limiting Medicare spending, reducing payments to pharmaceutical companies and a more powerful health care costs control board
November 16, 2010
Caregiving realities yet to be realizedAn estimated 66 million Americans serve as unpaid caregivers for loved ones. A new study revealed the actual impact of caregiving is often much greater than expected. Here are the highlights from the study.
November 16, 2010
Caregiving realities yet to be realizedAn estimated 66 million Americans serve as unpaid caregivers for loved ones. A new study revealed the actual impact of caregiving is often much greater than expected. Here are the highlights from the study.
November 16, 2010
CMS Launches Innovation CenterThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has opened the doors of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, an agency that is supposed to rethink federal health plans.
November 16, 2010
PPACA: Feds Seek ACO, Review CommentsFederal agencies are asking for public comments about the new accountable care organization and federal external health plan decision review programs.
November 11, 2010
MetLife Exits Long-Term Care BusinessMetLife Inc. announced Thursday that it was exiting the long-term care insurance (LTCI) market.
November 09, 2010
Nursing home, assisted living rates continue to riseAccording to the Metlife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, nursing home and assisted living rates have been on a steady incline since 2009.
November 08, 2010
Courts Reject Medicare Skilled Nursing RulesOlder Americans are entitled to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing home care and home health care, even if they are unable to prove such care would improve their conditions, two federal courts ruled recently in separate rulings.