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.
Bad News
By Steve PiontekIf you are a seller or provider of long term care insurance, you will at least have heard about the front-page lead article in last ...
March 27, 2006
Nursing Home Costs Rise 2%Assisted living and in-home long term care costs rose more sharply than nursing home care costs this year, according to Genworth Financial Inc.The average annual ...
March 26, 2006
Keep Balance Billing From Biting Your CustomersEven sophisticated group plan members who understand co-payments, deductibles and coinsurance rates may discover to their horror that they know nothing about balance billing.Group plan ...
March 20, 2006
Researchers: Try Importing Healthy KneesU.S. health insurers that really want to save money should consider encouraging policyholders to seek medical care in other countries.Aaditya Mattoo and Randeep Rathindran make ...
March 20, 2006
Researchers: Try Importing Healthy KneesU.S. health insurers that really want to save money should consider encouraging policyholders to seek medical care in other countries.Aaditya Mattoo and Randeep Rathindran make ...
March 03, 2006
Study Assesses LTC RiskRetirees who try to use their own savings to pay for long term care face a wide range of possible outcomes.Although half of retirees may ...
March 03, 2006
Study Assesses LTC RiskRetirees who try to use their own savings to pay for long term care face a wide range of possible outcomes.Although half of retirees may ...
March 01, 2006
On the air advocateKim Magdalein doesn't remember FDR's fireside radio chats, but some of the seniors who hear Magdalein's radio show just might. The 21-year industry veteran and principal at Magdalein Stratton and Associates Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., runs a