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.
January 23, 2025
Pre-Retirees Have a Health Care Planning ProblemA gap exists between perceptions of health care and long-term care costs and overall financial preparedness, research finds.
January 06, 2025
House Bill Would Expand Caregivers' Access to HSA and FSA CashAdult children could use health accounts to pay for care for parents who were not their dependents.
December 20, 2024
A 10-Point Holiday Family Wellness CheckWhen was the last time you and your clients looked, carefully, inside your parents' refrigerators?
December 12, 2024
Senate OKs Bipartisan Bill That Might Help Older Clients With TechOlder Americans Act reauthorization passed unanimously, and President Biden has just signed a dementia data bill.
December 11, 2024
Long-Term Care Hybrids Help Stand-Alone Policy Sales, Executive SaysKen Latus, the head of Northwestern Mutual's LTC subsidiary, sees some clients using multiple products.
December 11, 2024
Former Agent Charged With $900K Long-Term Care Insurance Fraud in CaliforniaThe woman and her father collected benefits, but surveillance showed they could get by on their own, prosecutors say.
November 21, 2024
A Long-Term Care Planner's ConfessionAn LTCI veteran looks at why some clients still receive care outside their homes.