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.
GOP budget would restructure Medicare
By staff WriterThe latest budget to emerge from the Republican-led House includes a staggering $6.2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade.
April 06, 2011
Back End DenialI often write about my disbelief at the many creative excuses people use to avoid conversing with me about even the generalities of responsible long-term care planning. Allow
April 04, 2011
Long-term care's rallying cry: Get over it!It's 75 degrees under a cloudless sky and a hot desert wind rips a man's hat from his head outside the Tropicana Hotel before slapping it against a taxi cab windshield.
April 01, 2011
The basics of LTCIIf your plans for 2011 call for adding long-term care insurance to your list of products, you need a solid foundation upon which to base your sales. Here's a concise overview of the basics of LTCI.
March 31, 2011
Medicare update: New homecare requirementBeginning next month, Medicare beneficiaries receiving care at home must prove that they actually require the service in order to receive coverage for it.
March 31, 2011
Medicare update: New homecare requirementBeginning next month, Medicare beneficiaries receiving care at home must prove that they actually require the service in order to receive coverage for it.
March 31, 2011
The basics of LTCIIf your plans for 2011 call for adding long-term care insurance to your list of products, you need a solid foundation upon which to base your sales. Here's a concise overview of the basics of LTCI.
March 30, 2011
Davis: Physician Schedules CountA 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.