Monthly Archives: January 2010

Predicting the Future of Long Term Care … Maybe

The crystal ball says...a public long term care insurance program may, or may not, be successfully implemented in the coming years. What are your thoughts? The folks over at the Center for Long Term Care reform seem to have their own predictions: No broad-based health reform will come to pass, much less reform that includes long-term ...

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UPDATED: Rating The Best Long Term Care Insurance Companies

One of our most popular blog posts, rating long term care insurance companies using the Comdex ratings, generates many questions. Most recently, one came in regarding the rating of Lincoln National Corporation and thought we should share some info with our readers: Lincoln National Corporation is one of the largest financial services companies in ...

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Insiders Look: Can We Really Reform Long Term Care?

Rhode Island Medicaid has embarked upon a financially risky, but potentially very beneficial reorganization of its long-term care delivery system. The Center for Long Term Care Reform just finished speaking to their newest report on long term care in Rhode Island, "Doing LTC Right". We're still in the process of reading through the report but ...

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Can the Issues of Long Term Care Be Resolved?

We've been writing and talking recently about a report the Center for Long Term Care Reform just released, "Doing LTC Right". The report takes a long and hard look at the state of Rhode Island and its methods of dealing with long term care. Yes, Rhode Island is a small state, so you may wonder ...

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An Insider’s Look: Reporting on Long Term Care

Over the next couple days we're taking a hard look at a new report just released by the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, "Doing LTC Right". You can read the full report here. In part one you'll find: Executive Summary Introduction Why Does Medicaid Pay for Most Long-Term ...

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An Insiders Look: Weekly Long Term Care Updates

Starting now, we here at LTC Connects will be offering a unique, insiders perspective into the world of long term care and long term care insurance. Our goal will be to provide weekly LTC news, discussions on financing as well as events that may be of interest to those inside and outside the industry. Many ...

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