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.
Davis: Physician Schedules Count
By Staff WriterA health care system that is affordable and appears to offer high-quality care may not do much good if patients cannot actually get in to see the doctors.
March 21, 2011
PPACA: HHS Posts Quality Strategy DocumentDrafters mention the cost of care briefly in the new National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, a document that is supposed to shape U.S. quality improvement efforts.
March 18, 2011
SOA: Women Spend Far More on Long Term CareThe Society of Actuaries has found a large gap between what average men and average women spend on long term care after age 65.
March 17, 2011
CLASS: Can It Survive?Critics of the new Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program say the voluntary worksite long term care plan is doomed; supporters say the government has the flexibility to make it work.
March 15, 2011
AARP survey: Hardship not over yet for older AmericansAARP's Closer Look survey conducted in November of last year reveals the financial affect that social and economic changes and issues have on Americans age 45 and older.
March 15, 2011
Health care update: New "geriatric care concierge service" to be offeredHealth care giant Humana is teaming up with Max-Wellness, provider of health products and services with locations in Florida and Ohio, to create a "geriatric care concierge service" known as Humana HomeCare Solutions.
March 08, 2011
Obama administration working to save CLASSThe Community Living Assistance Services and Support plan (CLASS), a long-term care insurance plan sponsored by the government and passed as part of President Obama's health care law, faces some new challenges.
March 08, 2011
Obama administration working to save CLASSThe Community Living Assistance Services and Support plan (CLASS), a long-term care insurance plan sponsored by the government and passed as part of President Obama's health care law, faces some new challenges.