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February 15, 2013Beyond Long-Term Care
WSJ.comAs long-term-care-insurance costs climb, families are turning to continuing-care retirement communities as an alternative.Long-term-care insurance generally pays for home care, assisted living or skilled nursing when a policyholder suffers ...
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January 30, 2013
Selling health insurance by the pound; The overweight increasingly have to fork over higher premiums
MarketWatchHere’s something employees don’t usually expect when they attend orientation for a new job: weigh-ins and waistline measurements.But as companies struggle to curb rising health-care costs, they are increasingly pointing a finger at workers’ ...
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December 13, 2012
New health-care fee draws fire; Insurers, government squabble over whether a provision of the new health law will hike premiums
MarketWatchHealth insurers and small business groups are drawing attention to a little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act they say will raise individual premiums hundreds of dollars a year.
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December 6, 2012
Medicare is unsustainable in current form; Commentary: Fiscal cliff negotiations are a good place to start
MarketWatchWASHNGTON (MarketWatch) — Entitlement reform is a major sticking point in fiscal cliff negotiations. Republican House Speaker John Boehner has proposed cutting $900 billion in entitlement spending over the next decade, and President Barack ...
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November 23, 2012Women Face Higher Costs
WSJ.comShopping for long-term-care insurance is about to get even trickier for families—and potentially costlier.Until now, insurers have charged the same premiums regardless of gender for the policies, which help pay for future nursing-home, ...
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October 13, 2012
Retirement: How to Pay for Long-Term Care
Barrons.comIt's one of the biggest challenges for today's retirees: how to afford an extended stay in a nursing home or assisted-living facility. With the tab steadily rising, sometimes hitting six digits per year, the solution requires real ...
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September 24, 2012
Is consumer-directed coverage a healthy choice? Insurance option costs less — unless need for health care rises
MarketWatchIt soon will be time for the autumn ritual of open enrollment, as people who get insurance through their employers sign up for next year’s coverage.
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September 24, 2012
Rethinking long-term-care insurance
MarketWatchLong-term-care insurance is the financial equivalent of gum surgery: something that is often seemingly necessary, but just as often avoided at all costs.
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June 10, 2012
A Cheat Sheet for Students Traveling Abroad
WSJ.comIt's almost a rite of passage: As soon as the dorm room is packed up, college students and recent graduates start packing again to head overseas to study, teach English or just travel, sometimes for a year or more.
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May 14, 2012
Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance?
WSJ.comLong-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 ...
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March 30, 2012
Medicaid Gets Harder to Tap
WSJ.comFamilies hoping to use Medicaid to help pay for long-term care are facing tougher restrictions—though some states are getting stricter than others.
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March 10, 2012
Long-Term Care: What Now?
WSJ.comShopping 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.
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January 7, 2012
When Insurance Fails; Cheaper Policies Bought in the Workplace Can Have Drawbacks
WSJ.comMany people assume insurance offered by their employer is a better deal than they can get on their own. But while the premiums can be lower, such policies have drawbacks.
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October 22, 2011
Choosing the Right Health-Care Plan; It's Benefit-Election Time for 2012, and—Surprise!—Employers Are Passing Along More Costs; Dealing With a 'Health Coach'
WSJ.comIf you were hoping that your health-plan costs would stay the same next year, you're probably going to be disappointed. It's open-enrollment season, that time of year when most companies roll out changes to their benefit offerings. ...
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October 15, 2011
The Medicare Race Is On
WSJ.comOn your mark, get set, go. This year's Medicare open-enrollment period—when the 47 million Americans who use the program can make changes in their 2012 coverage—starts this weekend and runs through Dec. 7. Last year, it began on Nov. 15 ...
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September 2, 2011
Got Medicare? You may be paying too much; Older Americans often don’t pick the Advantage plan that’s best for them
MarketWatchDECATUR, Ga. (MarketWatch) — Medicare Advantage plans can save older Americans money, but difficulty choosing among the many available plans often prevents them from realizing substantial cost-savings.
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Retirement: It's Not All a Crapshoot; Fretting about Medicare and Social Security? Here are some aspects of your retirement you can control.
SmartMoney.comWant to hear some good news about retirement? You have more control over your future than you think. So much about retirement planning today is marked by doubt: We don't know whether our savings will see us through old age. We ...
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June 12, 2011
Drilling Away at Dental Costs
WSJ.comIf you lack dental insurance or have a skimpy policy, your options for scoring a better dentistry deal are growing. More insurers are offering individual dental coverage. Others, such as Aetna and Cigna, are stepping up their efforts to help ...
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May 28, 2011
Medicare: America's Athens Syndrome
Barrons.comNewt Gingrich was right before he was wrong. His reading of the American public's attitudes about saving "Medicare as we have known it" unfortunately was correct. "Too big a jump," was his verdict—not because he ...
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May 13, 2011
Medicare, Social Security finance outlook worsens
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The outlook for Medicare’s finances has worsened on a slow economic recovery and higher costs, while the outlook for Social Security has also declined, trustees for the programs said Friday.
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