EDITOR'S PICKS

• New Options for Long-Term Care

  As long-term-care insurance gets costlier and harder to find, insurers are rolling out other options. We weigh the pros and cons.

• Long-Term Care Insurance Confusion

  Although many financial advisers consider the product an important tool as retirement approaches, a profit crunch is leading to some big changes.

• The Tax Perks of Long-Term-Care Insurance

  Here's what you need to know about long-term care policies and the tax advantages certain policies offer.

THE LATEST

• May 14, 2012

  Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance?

  WSJ.com

  Long-term-care insurance. It's a subject most people don't want to think about—but many people know they need to. At first blush, policies that help pay the costs of extended nursing care make perfect sense. Bills add up quickly when you can ...

• April 9, 2012

  Don't Grow Old Without It

  WSJ.com

  Long-term-care insurance: It can make the difference between living out your life the way you want and becoming a burden to your family or a ward of the state.

• March 10, 2012

  Long-Term Care: What Now?

  WSJ.com

  Shopping for long-term-care insurance? You should expect higher costs and a tougher approval process as a growing number of household-name insurers quit selling the policies.

• March 7, 2012

  Prudential, Following Rivals, Pares Long-Term-Care Offerings

  WSJ.com

  Prudential Financial Inc. became the latest big insurer to cut back on sales of long-term-care insurance, a type of policy that helps consumers pay for nursing-home bills and other costly expenses but is one of the toughest business lines ...

• August 1, 2011

  10 Things Your Parents Won't Tell You; Good news: Mom and Dad are loaded. Bad news: They love your brother best.

  SmartMoney.com

  1) "We're rich." Andrew and Warren K. Johnson knew their dad Warren W. collected coins, but it wasn't until after he passed away in April that they discovered the full scope of his hobby. Stored away in boxes on shelves ...

• May 28, 2011

  Driving a Bargain For Long-Term Care

  WSJ.com

  When you buy a car or a house, you expect to haggle for the best price. It turns out that you can do the same thing when you shop for long-term care.

• February 5, 2011

  Long-Term Care: New Fixes; Insurers Are Rolling Out Alternatives to Pricey Coverage; Weighing Pros, Cons

  WSJ.com

  As long-term-care insurance grows increasingly expensive and harder to get, insurers are stepping into the breach with new life policies and annuities that pay out long-term-care benefits during one's lifetime. But the new products may ...

• February 1, 2011

  Long-Term Care Insurance Confusion

  SmartMoney.com

  It's a product many consumers don't even want to think about, and who can blame them? Long-term-care insurance isn't exactly designed for the best of times: Payments kick in to cover nursing home and other costs if the ...

• January 22, 2011

  The Latest Long-Term-Care Snafu

  WSJ.com

  Some families with long-term-care insurance policies—under fire recently for steep premium increases—are encountering claims denials that can prevent or delay the collection of benefits. But there are ways policyholders can avoid such ...

• November 27, 2010

  How to Pay for Good Health

  Barrons.com

  THE GOOD NEWS about the golden years is that they've never been longer, thanks to the steady march of medical advances. The bad news is that the medicine will cost you plenty. Your out-of-pocket costs for general health care could ...

• November 12, 2010

  MetLife Steps Back From Long-Term Care Market

  WSJ.com

  MetLife Inc. said it will halt sales of long-term-care insurance, a type of coverage that repeatedly has flummoxed insurers and forced some to pay significantly more in claims than they expected.

• October 18, 2010

  Long-Term-Care Premiums Soar

  SmartMoney.com

  People with long-term-care insurance polices are getting hit with a new round of steep premium increases. But there are options that can help both existing policyholders and new buyers cut some of the costs.

• October 16, 2010

  Long-Term-Care Premiums Soar

  WSJ.com

  People with long-term-care insurance polices are getting hit with a new round of steep premium increases. But there are options that can help both existing policyholders and new buyers cut some of the costs.

• September 19, 2010

  Help for Long-Term Care Costs

  WSJ.com

  Workers are getting a new long-term-care insurance option. But with many details yet to be worked out, it may be too soon to tell how much impact it will have.

• June 11, 2010

  Health Reform's Long-Term Care Option

  SmartMoney.com

  Tucked into the health reform legislation that passed in March is a national voluntary insurance program for purchasing long-term-care services.