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.
MetLife: LTC Still A Mystery
By staff WriterAmericans' knowledge of long term care is about as scanty as it was 5 years ago.
September 11, 2009
Medicare cuts could lead to increased LTCI salesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ruled to cut payments to skilled nursing care by up to $16 billion over the next ten years, which could boost the sale of LTCI by as much as 20 percent, says the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry trade...
September 11, 2009
Medicare cuts could lead to increased LTCI salesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ruled to cut payments to skilled nursing care by up to $16 billion over the next ten years, which could boost the sale of LTCI by as much as 20 percent, says the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry trade...
September 01, 2009
Avoiding the self-insurance trapI work with many prospects who can afford to self-insure. Do you have a close to recommend that works in those situations?
August 31, 2009
Avoiding the self-insurance trapI work with many prospects who can afford to self-insure. Do you have a close to recommend that works in those situations?
August 27, 2009
Report Sees Uneven Senior Care CutsA new analysis finds that a pending health care reform bill, combined with Medicare cuts already announced, would hit nursing homes in California and Florida the hardest.
August 27, 2009
Common sense works with seniorsDepending on which state you live in, an "elder" or "senior" could be defined as "any person residing in this state who is 65 years of age or older." FINRA points out that it does not have special rules for senior
August 27, 2009
Common sense works with seniorsDepending on which state you live in, an "elder" or "senior" could be defined as "any person residing in this state who is 65 years of age or older." FINRA points out that it does not have special rules for senior