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.
Medicaid LTC Spending Will Be In The Trillions
By Staff WriterState Medicaid programs could spend $1.6 trillion on long term care expenses over the next 20 years. When federal matching funds are included, total government ...
September 29, 2008
AHIP Predicts Huge Medicaid LTC BillsState Medicaid programs could spend $1.6 trillion on long term care expenses over the next 20 years.When federal matching funds are included, total government spending ...
September 10, 2008
HealthPartners: Retail Clinics Cut CostsThe cost of providing care for 5 common conditions appears to about 32% to 35% less in retail clinics than in ordinary doctors' offices.Researchers at ...
September 10, 2008
HealthPartners: Retail Clinics Cut CostsThe cost of providing care for 5 common conditions appears to about 32% to 35% less in retail clinics than in ordinary doctors' offices.Researchers at ...
September 03, 2008
Medical Travel Firm Reports High SatisfactionOne early survey suggests that U.S. consumers are happy with the health care they get when they travel overseas.WorldMedAssist L.L.C., Concord, Calif., has shared that ...
September 01, 2008
LTCI: Sell the need"The product doesn't sell the product," says Dane Petchul, the owner of Long Term Care Insurance Pros in Irvine, Calif. "You can go through all of the options and the numbers all day and still not sell the
September 01, 2008
The Half-Empty GlassIn July 2007, IA spoke with financial advisor Holly Brown Carroccio and her mother, Diane Billingslea, an insurance agent, regarding Marie Billingslea, Diane's mother and...
September 01, 2008
LTC Payouts: $3.5 Billion in '07Approximately 180,000 Americans with long-term care insurance policies were paid benefits in 2007, with the long-term care industry paying out $3.5 billion in benefits last...