Long-Term Care Insurance

One of the incentives to buying a long-term care insurance policy is that the premiums are tax deductible. Unfortunately, many people are not taking advantage of this deduction.

The final budget deal Congress passed to avert the “fiscal cliff” repeals a long-term care insurance program that would have helped keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes and off the Medicaid rolls.  In its place, the budget...

A 55-year-old single individual can expect to pay $2,065 annually for $162,000 in current long-term care insurance benefits, according to the 2013 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry group. ...

Long-term care insurance will soon be getting more expensive for women.

Because all long-term care insurance policies are not the same, we have prepared this guide for helping you understand long-term care insurance and obtain the coverage that best fits your individual needs.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in Oregon against Bankers Life and Casualty Co., charging that the long-term care insurer is guilty of elder abuse in denying and delaying payment of insurance claims.

Long-term care is expensive and only getting more so. That is why everyone needs to consider buying long-term care insurance, according to this book that explains exactly how long-term care insurance works and why it should part of any financial...

Most people are deterred from buying long-term care insurance due to the high cost of the premiums (and the hope that they'll never need it).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is increasing the amount taxpayers can deduct from their 2014 taxes . . . ...