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.
Doctors Sue Over Medicare Rate-Setting Procedures
By Allison BellPrimary care doctors from Georgia are trying to get the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change the way they set physician reimbursement rates.
August 04, 2011
Dealing with LTCI Objections, Part 1Here's how experienced LTCI advisors respond to one of the most common objections.
August 03, 2011
Caregivers to elderly see major time commitmentThe vast majority of Americans providing long-term care to seniors are caring for their parents, according to a new Gallup poll.
August 03, 2011
Caregivers to elderly see major time commitmentThe vast majority of Americans providing long-term care to seniors are caring for their parents, according to a new Gallup poll.
August 02, 2011
Discussing the unthinkable: Boomers and LTCBoomers may not think they need LTCI, but chances are they will.
August 01, 2011
A claim is filed. Now what?Unfortunately, I just had a personal experience with a home health-care claim for my mother, a widow aged 90. To complicate the situation, I live 1,000 miles away from my hometown, where my mother still resides.
July 31, 2011
In response to "Advisors: Skype your way to success"Skype does not work as well as people are led to believe. I had an account with them for several years.
July 31, 2011
Partnership Smartnership: How (and Why) to Avoid Partnership LTCII'll be blunt: I don't understand advisors' continued glorification of Partnership LTCI plans.