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AALTCI: LTC Buyers Are Getting Younger
By Staff WriterThe average age of U.S. buyers of long term care insurance may have dropped below 60 for the first time.The average age of Americans buying ...
November 07, 2007
AHIP Mobilizes Doctors For Ad CampaignAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is working with physicians to appeal to voters.AHIP, Washington, says it has enlisted doctors to appear in a new "Doctors Stand ...
November 07, 2007
AHIP Mobilizes Doctors For Ad CampaignAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is working with physicians to appeal to voters.AHIP, Washington, says it has enlisted doctors to appear in a new "Doctors Stand ...
November 06, 2007
Average age of LTCI buyer below 60 for first timeEight million Americans now own long-term care insurance according to a study released by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance to mark the occasion of Long-Term Care Awareness Week, Nov. 4-10, 2007. The study reported that the
November 06, 2007
Costs of caregiving9%: Percentage of employed caregivers who leave the workforce as a result of their caregiving responsibilities; 3% took early retirement and 6% left the workforce entirely. $2,110: Average cost to employers per employee for all full-time e
November 06, 2007
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities$504: Average daily cost of a semi-private room in a nursing home in Alaska, the most expensive state in the country for nursing homes. The state with the least expensive rates is Louisiana, at $116 per day. 20%: Percentage of nursing home
November 06, 2007
Alliances: Imeriti, HealthEquity, ComPsychImeriti Inc. has agreed to sell life insurance products from the Independent Order of Foresters in the United States.Imeriti, Del Mar, Calif., will be marketing ...
November 06, 2007
Unum: More Employers Will Help Pay For LTC InsuranceCompanies are much more willing than they used to be to help workers pay for long term care insurance benefits.The percentage of employers willing to ...