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May 28, 2011
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.
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February 5, 2011
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
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 ...
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January 22, 2011
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 ...
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November 27, 2010
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 ...
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November 12, 2010
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
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.
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October 16, 2010
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.
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September 19, 2010
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
SmartMoney.com
Tucked into the health reform legislation that passed in March is a national voluntary insurance program for purchasing long-term-care services.