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.
Make molehills out of mountains
By Wilma G. AndersonLong term care insurance is a challenging sale, despite the high likelihood that people will need it before they will need homeowner's insurance or car insurance. Potential loss of health and well-being doesn't resonate like potentially losing a
January 22, 2006
What To Do When HomeWhen home can no longer be home to parents of boomers, financial planners say the change can embody many of the most wrenching and poignant ...
January 22, 2006
What To Do When Home Is No Longer HomeWhen home can no longer be home to parents of boomers, financial planners say the change can embody many of the most wrenching and poignant ...
January 13, 2006
Study: Patients Can Grade DoctorsOne of the key weaknesses of the "consumer-driven health plan" movement is that consumers have little access to quality information about individual doctors.Now a team ...
December 22, 2005
Senate, House Back LTC Partnership ProgramBoth houses of Congress have passed a long-term care partnership provision strongly supported by the life insurance industry.[@@]The provision was included in a budget ...
December 16, 2005
LTC Administrator Acquires Service ProviderLong Term Care Group Inc. has completed the acquisition of Nation's CareLink.[@@]LTC Group, Eden Prairie, Minn., sells application-processing services, underwriting services, policy administration services ...
November 29, 2005
Federal Aging Event To Shape Policy ProposalsLong term care and income planning issues crop up often on the agenda for the upcoming 2005 White House Conference on Aging.[@@]The 4-day conference, ...
November 02, 2005
House Keeps LTC Provision In Deficit BillLanguage expanding long term care partnership programs was included in legislation passed by the House in a close vote before it recessed.In long term ...