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LTC Awareness Week gets boost from insurers
By Staff WriterLong-term care awareness week will receive additional support this year, with the backing of 10 of the industry's leading insurers. Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the organization that
April 18, 2008
Interview with Jack LaLanne and Matthew J. RettickAt age 94 fitness guru Jack LaLanne shows no signs of slowing down. He was in New York City last month promoting his new book, "Fiscal Fitness: 8 Steps to Wealth & Health from America's Leaders in Fitness and Finance."
April 17, 2008
AALTCI announces LTCI price indexAs the need for more people to cover themselves for long term care increases, it appears more people are getting the message, and they are getting it at a younger age. The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance says two things are
April 17, 2008
A challenge to debunked VA mythsPerhaps in response to ("8 variable annuity myths," SMA Feb. 2007) Mr. Huggard's eight VA myths answered with half-truths, I should write my own that will fare better with the NASD. Myth #1: You don't pay a commission for a VA. If you tell a
April 17, 2008
Medicare cuts to affect seniorsThe American Medical Association surveyed nearly 9,000 physicians earlier this year and discovered that seniors are going to find it more difficult to get medical care when Medicare cuts go into effect next year. That's because doctors are going to
April 17, 2008
Options at heart of GUL policyA new guaranteed universal life insurance policy from Mutual of Omaha has two different versions. One version offers simplified issue, while the other one offers a larger death benefit. Customers have the option to select the face value, choose the
April 17, 2008
NCOA service helps seniorsSeniors in the Cleveland area have been getting a little extra help in finding public and private programs that give benefits to the elderly. The city's Department of Aging has been using the National Council on Aging's BenefitsCheckUp since
April 17, 2008
T.V. ads may cause overmedicationThe United States is one of only two countries to allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, and that, according to a study, may lead people to request drugs they don't need. The study, "Creating Demand for Prescription Drugs: A