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.
A different take on LTCI
By staff WriterI read with interest "The Long View," the article in your April issue relating to long term care insurance. As an LTCI specialist and producer I have to take exception to an opinion expressed by both Debra Newman and Jesse Slome on
April 29, 2008
Kaiser: More Report Doing Without CareWorries about costs may be leading U.S. residents to skip more medical care this year than cost worries did back in 2005.Researchers at the Henry ...
April 28, 2008
Carrier Supports Intensive Care EffortCareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield has contributed $3 million to a group of 6 hospitals in rural Maryland.The grant will help the hospitals participate in a ...
April 23, 2008
Mountain State Insurers Get New MandateVermont Gov. James Douglas, R, has signed S.B. 280, a bill that will require state-regulated health insurers to cover orthotic and prosthetic care for amputees.The ...
April 19, 2008
AALTCI predicts strong yearSales of long term care insurance must grow if there is any chance to keep federal programs like Medicare solvent and if baby boomers expect to receive quality long term care. A surge in sales has not manifested itself, meaning LTCI salespeople are
April 19, 2008
Nursing home use on the declineIn survey after survey, Americans say they want to avoid spending time in a nursing home, wishing instead to receive care in assisted living facilities or in their home. That thinking has changed the way older Americans receive care. The Lewin
April 19, 2008
Help clients find care servicesIt's a difficult reality to face, but the children of many senior advisors' clients will come to a point where they have to consider moving their parents to a care facility or at least consider finding someone to help. Geriatric care managers are
April 19, 2008
LTC report helps consumers, advisorsAdvisors who offer long term care insurance to their clients - and even those who don't - will be interested in a report issued by Prudential Financial. The report, "Long Term Care Cost of Care," gives consumers and their advisors the