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.
Free Market Medicine Isn't Kid Stuff
By Bill CoffinWhen New Jersey mandated that every hospital in the state must be able to provide pediatric emergency services, pediatric emergency care rose substantially. What say those who would rather see the free market deliver such innovations?
May 23, 2012
Ill. Medicaid Bill Would Make About $1.4 Billion in CutsThe bill would cut payments to hospitals and nursing homes by $240 million and ax a prescription subsidy program.
May 23, 2012
Ill. Medicaid Bill Would Make About $1.4 Billion in CutsThe bill would cut payments to hospitals and nursing homes by $240 million and ax a prescription subsidy program.
May 23, 2012
The LTCI RoadshowMarion Somers, or Dr. Marion, as shes usually known, is on a mission to spread the word about long-term care. And shes doing it one city at a time.
May 22, 2012
Risk Assessment Firm Adds LTCI Cost ToolA new tool can help advisors quantify a risk that few baby boomers want to think about.
May 22, 2012
The Best of Both WorldsThe products may be ideal for consumers who could use life insurance and have plenty of assets.
May 22, 2012
LTCI Watch: 1in4 Save Scarce Medicaid DollarsThe LTCI bus gets media attention in Salt Lake City and Minneapolis. Medicaid gets squeezed.
May 22, 2012
Filial Responsibility and Long Term CareThe high cost of long-term care is not just a problem for the elderly. In 30 states, Medicaid can go after beneficiaries' children.