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.
The basics of LTCI
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPIf your plans for 2011 call for adding long-term care insurance to your list of products, you need a solid foundation upon which to base your sales. Here's a concise overview of the basics of LTCI.
March 31, 2011
The basics of LTCIIf your plans for 2011 call for adding long-term care insurance to your list of products, you need a solid foundation upon which to base your sales. Here's a concise overview of the basics of LTCI.
March 30, 2011
Davis: Physician Schedules CountA health care system that is affordable and appears to offer high-quality care may not do much good if patients cannot actually get in to see the doctors.
March 30, 2011
Davis: Physician Schedules CountA health care system that is affordable and appears to offer high-quality care may not do much good if patients cannot actually get in to see the doctors.
March 21, 2011
PPACA: HHS Posts Quality Strategy DocumentDrafters mention the cost of care briefly in the new National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, a document that is supposed to shape U.S. quality improvement efforts.
March 21, 2011
PPACA: HHS Posts Quality Strategy DocumentDrafters mention the cost of care briefly in the new National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, a document that is supposed to shape U.S. quality improvement efforts.
March 18, 2011
SOA: Women Spend Far More on Long Term CareThe Society of Actuaries has found a large gap between what average men and average women spend on long term care after age 65.
March 17, 2011
CLASS: Can It Survive?Critics of the new Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program say the voluntary worksite long term care plan is doomed; supporters say the government has the flexibility to make it work.