Long-Term Care Insurance

A healthy 55-year-old man can expect to pay $925 annually for $164,000 in current long-term care insurance benefits, according to the 2014 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry group.

One of the most difficult decisions in long-term care planning is whether to purchase long-term care insurance (LTCI) and which of the wide variety of products to purchase.

Your parents' health could be one of the many factors that long-term care insurance providers take into account when deciding how much to charge you. One major insurer has started rating applicants based, in part, on the applicant's parents' medical...

A new study by Boston College's Center for Retirement Research indicates that purchasing long-term care insurance makes financial sense for fewer individuals than was previously believed. ...

As more people consider retiring abroad, questions are arising about how an overseas retirement will affect long-term care insurance benefits.

Overall costs for new long-term care insurance coverage increased 8.6 percent compared to one year ago, according to the 2015 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index.

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.

Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.

This ruling could have a profund impact on the lives of Medicare beneficiaries who need the care of a skilled professional . . .  ...