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Long Term Care Planning: A Profound Shift In The Making
By Anthony StratidisSome advisors have been known to tell clients with $2 million to $3 million or more of assets that they don't need to worry about ...
May 02, 2008
Short-Term Medical Marketer Goes ViralHealth Plan Administrators Inc. is trying to adopt a rad extreem approach to reaching new college graduates this spring.HPA, Tampa, Fla., a unit of Independence ...
May 02, 2008
Analysis: Uninsured Workers Cost Society BillionsThe U.S. public paid about $45 billion in 2004 to help full-time workers and dependents of full-time workers who have no employer-sponsored health coverage.Columbia University ...
May 02, 2008
Analysis: Uninsured Workers Cost Society BillionsThe U.S. public paid about $45 billion in 2004 to help full-time workers and dependents of full-time workers who have no employer-sponsored health coverage.Columbia University ...
May 02, 2008
Garden State Governor Signs Paid Leave BillNew Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, D, has signed Assembly Bill 873, a measure that will provide 6 weeks of paid leave for workers who are ...
May 01, 2008
Retiree health costs balloonIn the seven years Fidelity Investments has issued an annual retiree health cost estimate, the number has risen by 41 percent, which is a 5.8 percent average annual increase. The latest estimate is a 4.7 percent increase over 2007, and it says a
May 01, 2008
Regulators target Medicare Advantage sales practicesIf you sell Medicare Advantage plans or advise clients about buying them, watch out. That's because regulators and lawmakers are zeroing in on abusive sales practices and even considering supplementing federal oversight of the market with a limited
May 01, 2008
Securing your client's retirement future from the cost of long-term care - Part IHow will the economic downturn affect the long-term care insurance business?Recently, advisors have been asking this exact question, as have most people regardless of their profession. Many can't help but recall the 1991 national recession and how