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.
Obama's budget confronts boomer issues
By Staff WriterPresident Obama's projected $3.6 trillion budget outlined Thursday looks to decrease the nation's deficit by 2013 - right around the time waves of boomers will...
January 19, 2009
Major LTC Initiatives Could Emerge From Congress In 2009Legislation with a potentially large impact on long term care has been lying dormant in various Congressional committees over the last 2 years.
January 14, 2009
Genworth Forges Strategic Relationship with National LTC NetworkGenworth Financial, Richmond, Va., has announced a strategic marketing relationship with its long-term care (LTC) insurance business and the National LTC Network to sell Genworth's long-term care products and services. As part of this
December 29, 2008
Medicare Pays For Some Long Term Care: ReportThe Medicare system supposedly does not cover long term care, but it does pay for many post-acute-care services for seniors that are similar to long term care, a new report says.
December 18, 2008
Care in a crisisQ. Given the economic crisis, many baby boomers believe they will be unable to pay for long term care insurance if they ever needed it...
December 11, 2008
Horizon Blue Adds Individual ProductsA Garden State carrier is introducing 3 plans.
December 01, 2008
Medicaid myths90%: Percentage of people over 65 with disabilities who get part of their care from unpaid informal caregivers. 66%: Percentage of people over 65 with disabilities who rely entirely on help from unpaid informal caregivers. $350 billi
December 01, 2008
Funding long-term careSuccessfully managing retirement involves more than just estimating the amount of income a client will need to maintain a certain standard of living. It also involves estimating the amount of expenses they could reasonably expect to have. Factoring