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.
Motivate Action On LTC With Simple Questions
By Ralph LeisleHonest and thoughtful answers to basic questions help advisors and clients determine if planning should include long term care risk analysis.Unfortunately, substantial misinformation and ...
July 13, 2005
Giving A Push To LTC As A BenefitThis is important to boomers who care for older relativesAmong the many significant challenges baby boomers will face as they enter the ranks of ...
June 30, 2005
Companies Settle Discount Card Program DisputeOne of the first companies to sell preferred provider organization-style discounts separately from health insurance is settling a legal dispute with a former distributor.[@@]Precis ...
June 29, 2005
UnitedHealthcare and Tenet Sign Multiyear DealUnitedHealthcare and Tenet's Central Northeast-Southern States region signed a multiyear contract that runs until June 30, 2007.The contract covers both inpatient and outpatient services ...
June 21, 2005
Vertafore Teams With LifeCareThe benefits division at Vertafore Inc. is beefing up the content available to users of its employee Web sites.[@@]The Windsor, Conn., benefits software firm ...
June 08, 2005
Insurer Publishes Guide For Long-Distance CaregiversThe MetLife Mature Market Institute has developed a free pamphlet for Americans who are caring for older relatives who live far away.[@@]The institute, an ...
June 03, 2005
Epert: Develop LTC Reverse MortgagesA long term care finance expert is suggesting that insurers develop a new type of instrument to help finance long-term institutional care.[@@]Stephen Moses, president ...
May 11, 2005
Study Estimates Value Of CaregivingMore than 44 million U.S. adults help care for other adults.[@@]Researchers at the National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, Md., and AARP, Washington, have published ...