Description: Rhode Island’s unique “global Medicaid waiver” pursues a potentially dangerous national policy trend: long-term care LTC rebalancing without strong eligibility controls. Resulting cost overruns could seriously damage the state’s social safety net. To maximize the global waiver’s opportunity, minimize its danger, and become a LTC financing model for the country, policy makers need to recognize the issues discussed in this report and pursue the recommended additional research and analysis.

Description: Announcement of changes to the LTC Section, and a preview of the articles in the December 2009 issue of Long Term Care News, with topics including Health care reform and LTC vs. Medicaid.

Description: A list of acronyms for the names of the agencies, unions, and other organizations and entities involved in the French social insurance, health policy, and long-term care environment.

Description: A defense of the CLASS Act from the perspective of the private long term care insurance industry.

Description: Family members who care for people with dementia need a wide range of support services to help them do the important work of care giving at home.

Description: Consideration of the LTC Actuarial Standard of Practice

Description: Remarks on the attitudes underlying the stalling of health care reform legislation.

Description: Results of the survey conducted just prior to the 2015 ILTCI Conference.

Description: An examination of LTCI rate increases from three different perspectives: the insurance company, the policyholder, and the insurance department.

Description: Three long-term care claimants lead very full lives, thanks to making the most of their employer-sponsored group long-term care insurance coverage, in terms of using it through intelligent and conservative benefit utilization.