Long-Term Care Insurance

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

Many middle-income people have too much money to qualify for Medicaid but can't afford a pricey long-term care insurance policy. ...

Medicaid 101

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. ...

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...

While in large part people who purchase long-term care insurance and those who plan to qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care costs fall into separate groups, there are at least two situations where they overlap.

Medicaid 101

Determining the best time to buy long-term care insurance can help you manage your finances effectively as you prepare for the future.

Medicaid 101

A number of considerations go into how much long-term care insurance any consumer should buy. ...

Medicaid 101

With nursing home care in some parts of the country costing as much as $10,000 a month, a long-term need for care can deplete even the best-planned estate. ...

Medicaid 101

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