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.
Is LTCI Worth It? Get Real
By Phyllis SheltonSome say the product is expensive. Maybe they should think about the cost of a year of long-term care.
July 24, 2012
Medicare: The BasicsIf you've gotten by fine in life and health insurance without knowing much about Medicare: That could change.
July 24, 2012
HHS to Ramp Up Alzheimers.gov CampaignOfficials want to target people ages 60 to 75, people who speak Spanish and caregivers.
July 19, 2012
Survey Points to Dramatic Toll of Alzheimer's DiseaseA major new report on the dramatic toll Alzheimer's disease is taking on women in the U.S., who are shown to be the primary caregivers for loved ones, reveals an increasing cost to their personal and professional lives as well as their pocketbooks.
July 19, 2012
Confessions of a Professional Plate-LickerEarl Bronsteen had a unique goal to attend and eat at 50 financial seminars in a single year. He lived to tell the tale in a book about those adventures.
July 18, 2012
Prudential to Discontinue Sale of Group LTC CoverageThe second-largest U.S. life insurer is the latest company to exit the LTC business, which has become too unprofitable.
July 18, 2012
Prudential to Discontinue Sale of Group LTC CoverageThe second-largest U.S. life insurer is the latest company to exit the LTC business, which has become too unprofitable.
July 18, 2012
Texas Partnership Program Kicks Off LTC Seminar SeriesThe effort involves the 3in4 Association, two Texas departments and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.