Long Term Care Insurance Companies
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Long Term Care A Growing Concern
A recent survey by the SCAN Foundation and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research indicates that many Americans understand the need for long term care but do not know how expensive long term care services will be paid for. Furthermore, up to 60% o those polled mistakenly believe that Medicare pays for long term […]
CalPERS Board Adopts Long Term Care Insurance Rate Hike
CalPers long term care insurance plan has approved an 85% rate hike for existing policyholders to keep its LTC plan financially viable. In addition, they will create a secondary program with limited benefits designed to cost no more than their current long term care plan. READ MORE
Medicare Settlement Does Not Expand Long Term Care Benefits
In the past, a doctor had to assert that a patient would improve to be eligible for skilled nursing care and rehab through Medicare. Now patients will be eligible for the Medicare benefit even if the care only helps maintain health status, not improve it. Medicare only provides coverage for skilled care for up to […]
Battle of the Long Term Care Insurance Titans
The proverbial silver tsunami is sweeping across America and the need for long term care protection is at an all time high, but the perfect economic storm has brought the long term care insurance business to a near standstill. Just as many Americans are learning to adjust for today’s new economic realities, insurers are scrambling […]
The pros and cons of long-term-care insurance
Since Medicare does not pay for long term care and Medicaid is only available to those with low income and few assets, long term care insurance provides valuable coverage that helps protect your family and your assets from the potentially devastating cost of long term care. Never the less, you need to keep in mind […]
