Long Term Care Alerting Methods Revealed by Industry Leaders

Consumers and professionals with an interest in long term care insurance need no longer dig so hard for information. Now they can do as the pros do: have the information come to them, in bits and pieces as it develops.... (Send2Press Newswire)

Long-term care insurance legislation introduced

Representatives Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Charles Boustany (R-LA), and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) on April 24 introduced legislation to expand access to long-term care insurance and strengthen consumer protections of these insurance products. The Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2009 would permit long-term care insurance to be included in employer-sponsored cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts, enabling people to pay long-term care insurance premiums using pre-tax dollars..... (Citrus Daily)

Washington State Long Term Care Insurance Executive Wins Coveted Judging Position

Jonas Roeser, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), has been chosen to be a judge in round 1 of the 2009 International DMA ECHO Awards.... (PR Newswire)

Long-term health care costs can put retirees’ plans at risk

The high cost of long-term health care will drag down the quality of life for nearly two-thirds of today’s retirees. It can cost $77,000 a year for a nursing home room and $20,000 for in-home care, expenses that many people are ill-prepared to absorb, said the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. A new analysis shows that when the cost of health care and long-term care is included, 64 percent of retirees likely will be unable to maintain the lifestyle they had before retirement.... (David Pitt, Associated Press)