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.
Health care reform's effect on long term care
By staff WriterThe nonprofit SCAN Foundation has published a report by the National Academy for State Health Policy on provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which will enhance LTC for seniors.
April 08, 2010
Poor economy highlights the value of LTCIBoomers are seeing the value of long-term care insurance. Nearly three-quarters of LTCI buyers were 55 or older last year, compared with 69 percent...
April 08, 2010
LTCI buyers economized in 2009Last year purchasers of long term care coverage skewed older and opted for cheaper policies, according to a new study by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.
April 04, 2010
12 Questions for 1 Successful LTCI Agent: Lynn DevittA partner at Newman LTC in Bloomington, MN, Lynn Devitt has been a top-producing professional partner agent at the agency for many years.
April 02, 2010
LTC Expert Critiques CLASS ActThe passage of the CLASS Act may make more Americans aware long term care is an overlooked gap in their retirement planning, an expert says.
April 01, 2010
Taking control of our most personal needPreventative care seems to have been left out of the health care debate.
April 01, 2010
Long term care report: Women more likely to receive at-home careA new study conducted by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance shows that more women receive privately paid-for in-home care than men but that women tend to receive this care later in life than men.
April 01, 2010
Women more likely to use long-term careMore women privately pay for in-home care than men, according to a new report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. While the vast majority...