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LIMRA: LTC Insurance Market Sending Out Mixed Messages
By Trevor ThomasNew data from LIMRA International suggests long term care insurance sales may finally be recovering modestly after several years of slumping sales.A close look at ...
April 12, 2008
LTCI guidelines from NAICWhile carriers are doing what they can to make long term care insurance policies easier to understand and buy, it still can be a daunting process for consumers who don't deal with the product every day.The National Association of Insurance
April 12, 2008
Health cost growth slowsHealth care spending for Americans over the age of 65 is growing more slowly than spending for people under 65. Per person spending, however, is higher for older people than for younger ones. Nursing home costs have been rising more slowly than
April 12, 2008
Free LTCI tools to be availableAs many as 10,000 producers nationally are expected to take part in the largest grassroots awareness campaign encouraging long term care planning. As part of Long-Term Care Awareness Week (Nov. 4-10) the American Association for Long-Term Care
April 12, 2008
Boomers' LTC knowledge lackingLong term care costs threaten to swamp the federal budget and bankrupt publicly financed health programs, and a survey from America's Health Insurance Plans finds that the problem may not get better anytime soon - if baby boomers don't get their
April 12, 2008
Memory affects ability to imagineAs older people's memory fades, so does their ability to imagine future scenarios. A Harvard University study, published in Psychological Science, looked at the correlation between episodic memory and the capacity for imagination and found they
April 11, 2008
Long-term care insurance10,000: Approximate number of employers offering long-term care insurance. 2 million: Approximate number of Americans covered by employer-sponsored long-term care insurance plans. 11.9%: Percentage of people receiving first-time benefit payment
April 11, 2008
Health care cost projections$2 trillion: Estimated amount of government spending on health care for 2017. $4.3 trillion: Estimated total national spending on health care for 2017. 20%: Estimated percentage of gross domestic product health care will consume in 2015. $844