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.
Hospital deals drive up prices
By Shannon Brownlee and Vikas SainiIn the health care market, bigger is not necessarily better.
February 13, 2014
Home care is more than health care, witness saysOlder Americans Act program backers are scraping for another year of funding.
February 10, 2014
PPACA contributes to drop in hospital jobsHospitals were driving health-care industry employment growth. Not now.
February 10, 2014
PPACA contributes to drop in hospital jobsHospitals were driving health-care industry employment growth. Not now.
February 05, 2014
Congressional Hearing Tackles Long-Term Care Funding WoesOur current system of providing long-term care is unsustainable for both the government and for families, Sen. Ben Nelson warned.
February 05, 2014
LTC bits: Data, products and moreInsurance payments for long-term care claims increased 13 percent, to $7.5 billion.
February 04, 2014
'Self-insuring'What do you say to non-billionaire prospects who still think that way?
February 04, 2014
So much for PPACA effectiveness researchA blogger argues that randomized controlled trials would be better than pilot projects.