The demographic shift toward an aging population has thrust the coordination of long-term care insurance and Medicaid benefits into the spotlight of elder law practice. For practitioners advising ...

Later this year, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) will reintroduce his public catastrophic long-term care insurance bill, called the WISH Act. Suozzi is doing all the right things: Looking for Republican ...

Genworth Financial, one of the largest providers of long-term care insurance in the U.S. and one of only two companies selling coverage through a state partnership program in Connecticut, ties its ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Starting July next year, residents in need of long-term care in Washington will have new options to avoid financial pitfalls while securing additional coverage at a reduced cost.

Genworth Financial, which has an office in Stamford, is one of the largest providers of long-term care insurance in the U.S. Credit: SHAHRZAD RASEKH / CT MIRROR A third legislative committee has ...

As more and more of the 70 million baby boomers require long-term care, the dearth of insurance providers and the shrinking number of care workers are shaping up to create a major challenge, says ...

While one-third of older adults may never need long-term care services, many people do need the extra support, including care in a nursing home. According to a report from the Urban ...

Voters in Washington State have decided to keep the state’s first-in-the-nation public long term care insurance program. On Tuesday, they easily rejected a ballot initiative that would have killed the ...

The price hikes began in 2007, modest at first, then exploding in size. By last summer, the long-term care insurance plan Steve Krasinski paid $750 a year for in 1994 had ballooned to $6,400. And that ...

A third legislative committee has advanced a broad bill that would add protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance ...

Long-term care insurance can help by covering some of the medical and support services that people with degenerative conditions, cognitive disorders or other long-term illnesses will need. Learn More: ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Connecticut Mirror’s “Priced Out” project, an in-depth look at the troubled long-term care insurance industry in Connecticut. Genworth Financial, one of the ...