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.
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 ...
April 28, 2005
Michigan Blue Introduces Flexible HMONU Online News Service, April 28, 2005, 3:49 p.m. EDTAn arm of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan has introduced a health maintenance ...
April 26, 2005
Program Helps Plan Members With MigrainesNU Online News Service, April 26, 2005, 3:29 p.m. EDTPrincipal Financial Group Inc. has started a voluntary disease management program for health plan members ...
April 20, 2005
Speakers Set Washington LTC AgendaThe United States needs to come up with new ways of thinking quickly to cope with the looming crisis in long term care finance.[@@]Speakers ...
April 08, 2005
Ceridian Introduces Backup Dependent Care FinderNU Online News Service, April 8, 2005, 5:31 p.m. EDTA Minneapolis human resources services firm has developed a Web tool for workers who find ...
April 06, 2005
Managing Sudden ConditionsByYou know about the importance of managing the care of the 20% of health plan members who have chronic conditions and will generate 80% of ...
March 28, 2005
Prudential Updates Individual LTC PolicyNU Online News Service, March 28, 2005, 3:05 p.m.Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has launched a new individual long term care policy that offers ...
March 11, 2005
Lawmakers Bring Back LTC Deduction BillSenators have introduced a bill that would let consumers deduct the cost of long term care insurance premiums from their taxable income.[@@]The same bill ...
March 02, 2005
Training Financial Advisors To Sell LTC InsuranceMost financial advisors avoid selling long term care insurance because they lack the knowledge, training and experience to do so. To effectively sell LTC, advisors ...