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.
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By Eliza CrossThe statistics are sobering and indisputable: individuals age 65 or older have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home sometime during their lives. The average annual cost of a nursing home stay is $50,000, and even higher in some
February 27, 2007
Medicaid Still Pays BulkMedicaid remained the leading source of long term care financing in 2005, accounting for almost 49% of a total annual LTC bill of $207 billion, ...
February 27, 2007
Medicaid Still Pays BulkMedicaid remained the leading source of long term care financing in 2005, accounting for almost 49% of a total annual LTC bill of $207 billion, ...
February 18, 2007
You Can't Go Home Again? That Depends..."You Can't Go Home Again." Or can you?When Thomas Wolfe wrote his novel, it is unlikely he contemplated that someday the title of his work ...
February 18, 2007
You Can't Go Home Again? That Depends..."You Can't Go Home Again." Or can you?When Thomas Wolfe wrote his novel, it is unlikely he contemplated that someday the title of his work ...
February 12, 2007
Study: Intense Care Management Cuts CostsProviding extensive support from well-trained nurses and doctors may cut the cost of caring for seriously ill patients sharply without hurting their satisfaction or shortening ...
February 12, 2007
Study: Intense Care Management Cuts CostsProviding extensive support from well-trained nurses and doctors may cut the cost of caring for seriously ill patients sharply without hurting their satisfaction or shortening ...
February 11, 2007
LTC-Linked Insurance: An Attractive Alternative For The AffluentLong term care insurance sales in the affluent market have remained relatively flat in recent years, in part because the products are relatively complicated and ...