Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Samuels is the Founder/CEO of Wellworth healthcare advisory firm. Time is running out to prepare for America’s caregiving ...

More than half of Americans over 65 will need help with basic activities like eating or bathing, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The cost of long-term assistance ...

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Over the past few decades, the expenses associated with extended medical care, assisted living and nursing home facilities have surged. According to data from Genworth, the average cost of a private ...

Stand-alone long-term care insurance policies have been waning in popularity, owing to a combination of skyrocketing premiums and difficult claims experiences by consumers. In their place, so-called ...

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 ...

There’s another new tax in the state of Washington. The state’s Supreme Court recently upheld a controversial capital gains tax, which has been re-challenged in court and could be on the state’s ...

If you read my work regularly, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed with the topic of long-term care, not just how to pay for it, but also all the other dimensions of it, like the impact on ...

If you think you’ve saved enough for retirement, you may not be thinking about long-term care. The long-term care industry serves people who cannot perform everyday activities, like dressing or eating ...

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 ...

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As Congress looks for ways to reduce the federal deficit, Medicaid is in the spotlight. Last week, the GOP-led House passed a budget framework that allows both chambers of Congress to work on a major ...