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.
What To Do When Home
By Jim ConnollyWhen home can no longer be home to parents of boomers, financial planners say the change can embody many of the most wrenching and poignant ...
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 ...
November 01, 2005
LTC Insurer Adds Provider NetworkJohn Hancock Long Term Care Insurance has agreed to offer the CareScout LTC provider referral service.[@@]John Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., ...
October 28, 2005
Departing Managers Hurt Universal American ResultsIncreases in claims for outpatient doctor visits, claims for skilled nursing facility care and Medicare supplement policy lapse rates cut third-quarter profits at Universal ...
October 06, 2005
CareQuest To Tempt Students With Web ResourcesCareQuest Inc. is giving prospective students an incentive to sign up for its elder care certification courses by offering program participants access to a ...