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.
What Does a Short-Term Boost Do for Social Security? Plenty, Says a Top Analyst
By Ginger SzalaMany changes in the Social Security 2100 bill are short-lived but significant, Martha Shedden tells ThinkAdvisor.
October 26, 2021
Long-Term Care Insurers May Have to Keep Their Policies: RegulatorsRegulators are working on rules U.S. insurers could use to pass other kinds of risk on to other entities.
October 18, 2021
CNO and Bankers Life Raise $424K for Dementia FightThe fundraising total is up from $332,000 in 2020.
September 29, 2021
Many With Guardians Have 'Britney Spears' Problems, Witnesses Tell CongressA Texas consultant said guardianship courts need helping getting the Social Security Administration to listen.
September 27, 2021
Long-Term Care Planning: What Advisors Should KnowPhysician and advisor Carolyn McClanahan outlined how advisors can help with long-term care decisions.
September 23, 2021
Consumers Use Up Washington State's Private LTCI CapacityInsurers have responded to a flood of applications by refusing to take more applications.
September 23, 2021
Panel Sketches Out Multistate Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Review SystemOne top issue is whether an issuer might fail. Another is rate review confidentiality.
September 22, 2021
White House, Life Insurers Fight to Keep Caregiver Aid in Spending BillThe ACLI says everyone should have paid leave.