Medicaid is a federal program jointly funded with the states, providing health and long-term care insurance to more than 80 million low-income Americans. Same goes for BadgerCare in Wisconsin, ...

Compare Medicaid and long-term care insurance to determine the best coverage for your needs. Understand key differences in ...

Most Americans think Medicare covers long-term care, the regimen of daily help that many seniors will eventually require. It does not. That basic misunderstanding has retirement experts worried. It ...

Family members carry the burden and costs of caring for America's aging population. Federal policy change is slow to come but ...

Key Takeaways Americans can expect to pay anywhere from about $5,000 to $30,000 per month for nursing home care, depending on the market.Medicare covers 100% of the costs of nursing home care for only ...

State Gov. Josh Shapiro announced this week that Pennsylvania has been awarded $193 million in federal funding for the first year of its approved five-year Rural Health Transformation Plan (RHTP), to ...

States are stepping up to respond to the need for long-term care services and supports in innovative ways. A panel looked at some of those strategies during the 2025 Harkin Institute Retirement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover tax, budget and retirement policy from Washington Three things are true about long-term care, though many Americans don’t ...

Deciding between a stand-alone or hybrid long-term care policy can be confusing. We asked ChatGPT for advice, then had a licensed long-term care insurance specialist review its answer line by line.

State officials plan to use funds for mobile health units, telehealth expansion, and modernizing facilities in 160 rural ...

Dividing Americans into multiple risk pools increases health care costs. And it limits the ability to debate an insurance system almost nobody understands.