If you are getting remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but it is also important to focus on less exciting matters like redoing your estate plan.

A 65-year-old couple today will need $85,000 on average to cover annual premiums for long-term care insurance, according to a new study . .

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has unveiled a new online calculator that allows you to project what your monthly Social Security benefit will be...

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office concludes that whether consumers will be stuck with a large long-term care insurance premium increase...

A recent court decision in Virginia highlights the potential dangers of relying on joint accounts for estate planning.

The Court of Appeals of Mississippi rules that a will executed before a couple divorced and divided their property was still valid when the ex-husband died four years later. Hinders, et al. v. Hinders (Miss. Ct. App., No. 2000-CA-01779-COA, Jan.

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that states may force health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to accept any interested doctors, hospitals or other providers into their networks. Although the ruling appears to offer consumers greater choice of providers, some say...

A certified long-term care specialist explains why long-term care insurance coverage should be an integral part of financial and estate planning, and how to design a policy that's right for you. More . . .

Massachusetts has enacted a user fee on private-pay nursing home patients that will be used to supplement Medicaid reimbursement. The fee unfairly penalizes those who pay for their own nursing home care, say critics. More . . .