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.
A claim is filed. Now what?
By Margie BarrieUnfortunately, 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 27, 2011
From Barney Fife to Steve AustinA wise person (or a plain old wise guy -- depending on your definition) once opined that insanity is when you endlessly repeat the same behavior, yet expect different results.
July 27, 2011
"Rationing panels" the latest scare tacticThe Independent Payment Advisory Board is opposed by Republicans and the health-care industry who contend it would ration care.
July 27, 2011
From Barney Fife to Steve AustinA wise person (or a plain old wise guy -- depending on your definition) once opined that insanity is when you endlessly repeat the same behavior, yet expect different results.
July 27, 2011
"Rationing panels" the latest scare tacticThe Independent Payment Advisory Board is opposed by Republicans and the health-care industry who contend it would ration care.
July 25, 2011
Researchers: Sharing Risk with Providers RiskyThe government is counting on holding down health care costs by sharing risk with health care providers, but it is not yet clear whether health care providers are ready to share risk.
July 25, 2011
Researchers: Sharing Risk with Providers RiskyThe government is counting on holding down health care costs by sharing risk with health care providers, but it is not yet clear whether health care providers are ready to share risk.
July 22, 2011
AARP: Value of Unpaid Caregivers Worth $450 Billion in 2009A report released Monday by AARP’s Public Policy Institute put the value of unpaid care for a friend or family member at $450 billion in 2009.