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.
Proposals could save government $3.5 trillion
By Staff WriterUnited Health Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization is reporting approximately $3.5 trillion in Medicare and Medicaid funds could be saved in the next 25 years through coordinated care programs.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: ACO Market Size MattersThe new accountable care organizations may work better if they are more tightly knit in bigger communities and more loosely structured in smaller communities.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: ACO Market Size MattersThe new accountable care organizations may work better if they are more tightly knit in bigger communities and more loosely structured in smaller communities.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: CBO Skeptical about Cost SavingsThe Affordable Care Act may have only a "very limited" effect on unnecessary U.S. health care spending in the coming decade, according to Congressional Budget Office analysts.
October 19, 2010
Study: Majority of women unsure of how they will pay for long-term careStudies show women use more long-term care services than men, yet a new AARP survey revealed many women are not financially prepared for future health care needs.
October 19, 2010
PPACA: Feds Eye Accountable Care OrganizationsFederal officials are looking at ways to cut through old health care payment system reform mechanisms to try new reform mechanisms.
October 13, 2010
Why 25-year-olds will buy LTCIQuestion: How can you possibly get 25-year-olds to buy long-term care insurance?
October 13, 2010
Harris Private Bank Uses YouTube to Engage on Elder CareBaby boomers in search of help when it comes to elder care planning have a new place to go: YouTube, courtesy of Harris Private Bank.