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.
Texas Medicaid Reform Bill Moves Forward
By staff WriterIn Texas, more than in many states, one of the hottest -- and most controversial -- topics on the House's docket this session has been the question of how to make Medicaid work without crippling state financial resources.
May 18, 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers: PPACA Reduces Employer FlexibilityThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has not had much effect on the price of medical care, but it has affected employers' ability to save money by changing their benefits packages, consultants say.
May 17, 2011
PPACA: HHS Presses on with ACO PilotThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is going ahead with efforts to recruit Medicare providers who are willing to test the "accountable care organization" approach to health care delivery.
May 17, 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers: PPACA Reduces Employer FlexibilityThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has not had much effect on the price of medical care, but it has affected employers' ability to save money by changing their benefits packages, consultants say.
May 17, 2011
PPACA: HHS Presses on with ACO PilotThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is going ahead with efforts to recruit Medicare providers who are willing to test the "accountable care organization" approach to health care delivery.
May 12, 2011
A Buoyant Outlook for LTCIOptimism. It permeated the 500 producers and marketing organizations at the American Association of Long-Term Care Insurance's 2011 Summit.
May 12, 2011
A Buoyant Outlook for LTCIOptimism. It permeated the 500 producers and marketing organizations at the American Association of Long-Term Care Insurance's 2011 Summit.
May 11, 2011
Medicare reform, the Democrats' wayHoping to contrast sharply with the Republican plan to cut Medicare to help alleviate the deficit, the head of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Kent Conrad, is set to unveil a budget that would cut Medicare only modestly.