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The LTC
Bullets in our archives contain valuable commentary, data and reviews.
To make this resource more accessible, particularly to new visitors
catching up on who we are and what we say, LTC
Bullets are organized here by subject.
Some Bullets straddle topics and therefore are listed under more than one
heading.
SUBJECT
LIST
The
LTC Problem and Solutions
Reality
Check: The Facts on LTCI
Medicaid
Planning
LTC
Services
Politics
and Legislation
Demographics
and Other Data
CLTCR
News
The LTC Problem and Solutions
LTC
Bullets that address or support the arguments fully developed in the
Center’s recent white papers: LTC
Choice: A Simple, Cost-Free Solution to the Long-Term Care Financing
Puzzle and
Myth of Unaffordability: How
Most Americans
Should, Could, and Would Buy Private Long-Term Care Insurance. Also, analysis of proposals for solving the LTC financing
crisis offered by academics, think tanks and others. Return
to top of page
Feds
Bite the Big LTC Financing Apple,
January 2009
The
Entitlement Hurricane, December 2008
Think
Reverse, Book Review, December 2008
What
Ruins the LTCI Market?, September 2008
Uninsurance Problem Solved. For LTC Too?, August 2008
LTC
Compact Update, June 2008
How to
Cure LTC, April 2008
Hillary on LTC,
February 2008 LTC Tour in North
Carolina; Report Published, January 2008
Hillary Clinton on
LTC, January 2008
The
Trojan Horse of LTC,
October 2007
The
LTCi Conspiracy, October 2007
LTC
Culture Shock, August 2007
Medicaid's
Raw Deal, August 2007
New
Books on Long-Term Care Planning, August 2007
The
NY Compact:
Analysis, Conclusions, and Recommendations,
July 2007
The
New York Long-Term Care Compact Proposal, July 2007
Medicaid
Estate Recover. . .up, July 2007
GAO
on LTCI Partnerships,
June 2007
GAO
AWOL on LTC TOA,
May 2007
Medicaid
Flunks, So What Now?
April 2007
First
Do No Harm,
April 2007
LTC
Compact Study Proposal,
April 2007
States
Can Fix Long-Term Care Problems,
April 2007
What's
Really Happening to Long-Term Care?, April 2007
Don't
Mess With Texans' LTC--Fix It!,
March 2007
What,
Me Worry About Medicaid and LTC?, February 2007
False
Spring in Long-Term Care Winter, January 2007
The
Eyes of Texas are Upon Elder Care,
December 2006
The
Future of LTC and Medicaid, November
2006
The
Brave New World of Long-Term Care, November 2006
Plain(s)
Talk on Medicaid and Long-Term Care,
November 2006
Why
They Don't Buy LTCi, October 2006
LTC
Blues in the Empire State,
October 2006
What
States Should Do About the DRA, LTCi and HEC,
October 2006
Forward
on Reverse Mortgages,
August 2006
LTCi's
Toughest Questions Answered,
August 2006
Medicaid
Commission Errs by Omission,
August 2006
Kansas
Study, July 2006
LTC
Grab Bag, June 2006
A
Different Approach to LTCI, June
2006
Medicaid
Commission Update, May 2006
NYT
Editorial Favors HEC for LTC, April 2006
Who
Still Gets Medicaid LTC Without Spending Down?,
April 2006
Told
You So, April 2006
Financial
Planning Made Easy,
March 2006
State
Tackles the Real LTC Challenge ,
January 2006
So
What If the Government Pays for Most LTC?, 2004 Data Update ,
January 2006
What Goes Around, Comes Around:
The IG and Estate Recoveries ,
November 2005
How Japan
Escapes "LTC Hell", November 2005
Medicaid
LTC More Generous than English Socialized System,
October 2005
The
Critical Role of Medicaid Estate Recoveries ,
September 2005
Disaster
Come Disaster , September 2005
Aging
America's Achilles' Heel ,
September 2005
Long-Term Care
Insurance Under the Microscope ,
August 2005
Alzheimer's
Association Shortsighted on LTC Financing, July
2005
Bing,
Bang, Boom:
Another Plan for LTC Reform ,
June 2005
The
"Durable" Reverse Mortgage ,
June 2005
New Book and Interview on
LTC Planning, April 2005
Who is the Lone Ranger of
Long-Term Care?, March 2005
New Book on Reverse
Mortgages Plus an EXTRA, March 2005
Santa Fe Rules,
March 2005
How Medicaid Crowds Out
LTC Insurance, February 2005
The Minnesota Twins:
Medicaid and Long-Term Care, February
2005
Use Your Home to Stay . .
. Off Medicaid!, February 2005
So What If the Government
Pays for Most LTC, 2003 Data Update,
January 2005
How to Save Medicaid $20
Billion Per Year, January 2005
To Save Long-Term Care,
Ask the Right Questions, December 2004
Out of the Medicaid
Frying Pan, Into the Fire, November 2004
Medicaid and LTCi in KS
and LA Support Center's Analysis,
October 2004
The Realist's Guide
to Medicaid and Long-Term Care,
September 2004
Medicaid's Perverse
Incentives, August 2004
LTC Tickler,
June 2004
HEC of a Way to Pay for
LTCi, April 2004
LTC Financing Irony,
January 2004
The Heartland Model for
Long-Term Care Reform, December 2003
Huge New Funding Source
for LTC and LTCI, November 2003
Medicaid and the Future
of Long-Term Care Financing, September
2003
"And Thou Shalt
Honor" -- How to Get Involved, July
2003
State Farm/Roper LTCI
Poll Informs but Begs Bigger Question,
June 2003
Paean to Providers in
Pain, June 2003
Scully Has it Right,
Almost, June 2003
LTC Allegory Strikes a
Chord with Providers, May 2003
Options for the LTC
Uninsurable, May 2003
The Magic Bullet for
Long-Term Care, May 2003
On the Lack of True
Marketing of Long-Term Care Insurance,
May 2003
The
Florida Fulcrum, April 2003
No April Fools Joke,
April 2003
SNALF Interview on How to
Save Medicaid, March 2003
The Elephant, The Blind
Men and Long-Term Care, March 2003
Medicaid Reform Proposal
Might Save Medicaid LTC and Unleash LTCI,
February 2003
Whither We Are Tending in
Long-Term Care, February 2003
HIAA's New LTCP Books,
Course and Designation Evaluated,
February 2003
Eldertopia,
January 2003
New LTC Expenditure Data
Provide Clues to Low LTCI Sales and LTC Facilities' Financial Woes,
January 2003
Where the LTC Action Is,
December 2002
Long-Term Care,
Medicaid, and the Government Fiscal Crisis,
December 2002
The Triathlon vs.
the Triumvirate: Why Can't We Fix Long-Term Care?,
November 2002
"For the Benefit of
My Patients", November 2002
What Can One
Physician Do About Long-Term Care?,
November 2002
Let the LTC Revolution Begin,
November 2002
"First Do No
Harm", November 2002
Ominous
Parallels--Medicine and LTC, October
2002
How to Save
Medicaid LTC, October 2002
Denial is Not a River in
Egypt, September 2002
And Thou Shalt Honor,
September 2002
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution LTC Series Hits Mark for
Best Solution, August 2002
National LTCI
Conference Forthcoming--Scholarships Available,
July 2002
Sweden Shrugs on LTC,
July 2002
Provider
Praises LTC Insurance, July 2002
ALEC
Says Abolish the Medicaid Ghetto and Put Patients First,
June 2002
LTC Workforce Blues, May 2002
The Welfare Rush, April 2002
Two New Articles on LTC
Financing, April 2002
Drugs,
Technology and LTC
, March
2002
Great
Opportunity to Learn LTC in New Orleans,
March 2002
Who Will Buy LTCI?,
February 2002
SNALF
Interview Reviews Past, Plots Course for Future,
February 2002
New Brochure on LTC Insurance,
December 2001
2002 SOA LTC Insurance Conference Coming Up,
November 2001
New Must-Read Book on LTC Financing,
November 2001
Open
Letter to Policy Makers, November 2001
Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy?,
October 2001
Triathlon Conclusions and Recommendations,
August 2001
Let the Race Begin,
August 2001
Shelton Does it Again,
July 2001
How to Advance Progress on LTC Reform,
Long-Term Care and the Four Urban Legends, May 2001
How to Avoid the Long-Term Care Trap,
May 2001
JBQ on LTCI, April 2001
Long Term Caring,
April 2001
2001 USHC LTCI Guide, March 2001
Polisher Polishes
LTCI/Assisted Living Relationship, February 2001
Long-Term
Care's Race for Survival,
February 2001
Triathlon Report Findings Resonate,
January 2001
LTC:
What's Wrong, Who's to Blame, How to Fix,
December 2000
Principles
of Long-Term Care, December 2000
Useful Report
from Milbank, November 2000
The LTC Triathlon,
October 2000
LTCI Brass Needs NIC,
August 2000
Will Olmstead
Help or Hurt Long-Term Care?, August 2000
Of Floods,
Insurance and Long-Term Care, August 2000
Thriving
After 55, August 2000
UK
Government Endorses Fundamental Principle of LTC Choice, July 2000
Heritage Lecture on LTC Financing Now
Available, June 2000
Levy's
Cadette Strikes Again, June 2000
ACLI
on LTCI, May 2000
Pigs,
Pythons, and Politics: How to Survive the Aging
of the Baby Boomers, May 2000
LTC
on NPR, March 2000
New
"Cadette" in the LTC Financing Battle, March 2000
Growing
Academic Credibility of LTC Insurance, March 2000
L.A.
Times Highlights Center's LTC Choice Plan, January 2000
Provider
Nails It!, January 2000
"What's
the Best Reason to Buy LTC Insurance?", October 1999
Study
Shows Most Can Afford LTC Insurance, September 1999
NCPA
Recognizes Center Proposal, September 1999
Age
Power, September 1999
The
Myth of Unaffordability, August 1999
Can
LTC Be Privately Financed?, July 1999
What
a Mess, May 1999
We
Couldn't Have Said It Better Ourselves, May 1999
U.K.
Should Consider Center's Plan, March 1999
Former
Secretary for Aging Confirms Center Message, March 1999
Seniors
Housing Report Updated, March 1999
LAN
on LTC, February 1999
Scary
Numbers, January 1999
Center's
Message Resonates with Policy Experts, January 1999
Center
President Addresses LTC Crisis before D.C. Media, December 1998
An
Open Letter to the Medicare Commission, September 1998
Concord
Coalition Takes Position on LTC, July 1998
States
Put LTC Puzzle Pieces Together, June 1998
Reality Check: The Facts on LTCI
Addressing inaccuracies and
faulty data that abound in media coverage of long term care insurance.
Includes anecdotes from the popular press that highlight the benefits of
planning ahead and taking personal responsibility for long term care. Return
to top of page
We
Critique WSJ on Medicaid Planning,
January 2009
NYT
Asks Medicaid Planner to Advise on LTCI, July 2008
Pre-emptive LTC Media Response, March 2008
National Underwriter Highlights Center's WSJ Response,
March 2008
WSJ
Attacks LTCI, We Respond, February 2008
Roll Call
Exposes
Sleazy CREW, January 2007
LTCI's
Share of LTC Costs, November 2007
125,000
LTCi Policies and No Claims Payment Problem,
October 2007
LTC
Racism, September 2007
Take
Georgetown's Facts With a Big Grain of Salt,
February 2006
Facing
Facts on Medicare and LTC Financing, May 2006
Kaiser
Cover-Up Continues, April 2006
Microsimulate
This!, March 2006
On
Using Home Equity for LTC, March 2006
Public
Misperceptions About Retirement,
March 2006
The
Savage Number, February 2006
Georgetown,
GAO and Kaiser:
The Bermuda Triangle of Good LTC Policy,
Jaunuary 2006
Index
of the Long-Term Care Uninsured,
January 2006
LTC
Demagogy ,
December 2005
A
Taste of What's to Come ,
November 2005
USA
Today
"Burns" Nursing Homes ,
October 2005
Long-Term
Care's Broken Window ,
October 2005
What's Wrong With This
Advice?, November 2004
Reality Check: Flawed
Article on LTCi, October 2004
How Middle Class Medicaid
Ruins LTC for Everyone, May 2004
AARP Harping Misses Mark
on LTCi Rate Stability, May 2004
John Stossel on LTCi . .
. Oops, Flood Insurance, March 2004
When Should You Buy LTCI
and Why?, December 2003
Consumer Reports Targets
LTCI, Hits Self, October 2003
Reader's Digest Tells
Subscribers How to "Shed Their Assets" to Get Medicaid,
October 2003
50 Ways to Survive in
LTCI--Book Review, August 2003
The WSJ on LTCI--Reality
Check, July 2003
Shelton's 2003 LTC
Planning Guide is Good and Current, June
2003
Massachusetts’s
Legislators Misguided on LTCI, May 2003
"Elder Rage" is
a Hoot, May 2003
Book Report: LTC Planning
for Idiots, December 2002
Book Report: "J.K.
Lasser's Choosing the Right Long-Term Care Insurance",
December 2002
Post Pans Policies, but
Tell Tells it Like it Is, October 2002
OPM on LTCI,
April 2002
WSJ
Misses Mark on LTCI
, February 2002
Why LTCI?,
August 2001
Educating the Educators,
June 2001
Budish and Gordon
on LTCI and Medicaid Planning, February 2001
Boomers
Can't Rely on Inheritance Bonanza,
January 2001
The
Mote in LTC's Eye, January 2001
Reporter Nails It,
November 2000
Handy
New Tool, November 2000
Goetze Gets It,
October 2000
Hyman Low on LTCI Savvy,
October 2000
Medicaid
vs. LTC Insurance for Home Care, October 2000
Education is Key,
says EBRI on LTCI, September 2000
Year 2000 Shelton
LTC Guide Available, September 2000
Of Floods,
Insurance and Long-Term Care, August 2000
Thriving After 55,
July 2000
The
Savage Truth About Long-Term Care,
July 2000
Women
Be Wary, June 2000
Learning
the Hard Way , June 2000
Who
Needs LTC Insurance?, May 2000
ACLI
on LTCI, May 2000
Barron's
Rebuttal (full text letter), April 2000
Barron's
Analysis: Not All It's Cracked Up To Be,
April 2000
What
Really Is Long-Term Care?, March 2000
Why
People Purchase Private Insurance, December 1999
LTC
Pledge,
December 1999
Smart
Money
Isn't So Smart, November 1999
Another
Reason to Avoid Medicaid, November 1999
Going
Against the Tide…With Help, November 1999
"LTC
Reality Check" Series Starts Today, October 1999
"What's
the Best Reason to Buy LTC Insurance?", October 1999
Is
Medicaid Planning Ethical?, October 1999
Study
Shows Most Can Afford LTC Insurance, September 1999
AOK
Article on LTC in AZ, September 1999
TQ/NTQ,
Touche, August 1999
Money
Magazine Misguided on LTC Insurance, August 1999
Report
Biased Against LTC Insurance for Women, August 1999
Eldercare
Advocate on Planning Ahead for LTC, August 1999
Public
Official Endorses LTC Insurance, July 1999
Kiplinger's
Guides Readers on LTC Insurance, July 1999
LTC
Insurance Can Prevent Financial Ruin, June 1999
A
Day In the Life, May 1999
Aging
Anomalies Analyzed, April 1999
Wall
Street Journal on LTC Insurance, April 1999
Ticker
Toolbox Touts LTC Insurance, March 1999
Terry
Savage Helps Consumers with LTC Insurance, March 1999
Caregivers
Plan for LTC, December 1998
Terry
Savage Endorses LTC Insurance, October 1998
Money
Magazine Recommends Boomers Protect Parents, October 1998
Medicaid
Planning Exposed, July 1998
WSJ
Affirms Planning for LTC is Critical, July 1998
New
York Times Misinformed on LTC Insurance, June 1998
Medicaid Planning
The impact
on public programs and benefit recipients, the latest court and
administration rulings and the effect on the marketability of private
long-term care solutions.
Return to top of page
The LTC
Housing Sieve, July 2008
Medicaid Planning Update, June 2008
WSJ
Advises on Medicaid Planning,
July 2007
Medicaid
Pushers, May 2007
Legal
Abuse of Medicaid LTC Rife Post-DRA,
May 2007
NAELA
Overboard,
February 2006
Dueling
Letters,
August 2006
How
Medicaid Short Changes LTC Providers, Insurers and Patients,
June 2006
Texas
Gerontologist Whips Medicaid Planner in TV Debate, May 2006
Spousal
Refusal: Who Wins?
Who Loses?, April 2006
NAELA's
New Nadir, March 2006
LTC
Doubletalk,
January 2006
NPR
Defends Medicaid Planning, Attacks Messenger,
January 2006
Rural
Hijinks--Buy Cattle, Hide $737,960, Get Medicaid ,
December 2005
The
Great Debate on Medicaid and LTC,
August 2005
LTC
Bombshell ,
June 2005
Should
Medicaid Protect Retirement Savings?,
June 2005
Where
There's Smoke, There's Fire ,
May 2005
GAO on TOA ,
May 2005
SSI Expands Medicaid's
"Renoir" and "Two Mercedes" Loopholes,
March 2005
New York Medicaid
Planners Are Coming Around, April 2005
Roll Call's Kondracke
Says Stop Medicaid Planning Abuse and Encourage LTCi,
March 2005
Special Alert, Time
Sensitive, Please Read Now, February
2005
Transfer Your Home to Get
Medicaid?, February 2005
Help Wanted--How are
Medicaid Friendly Annuities Negotiable?,
December 2004
Is the Jig Up for
Medicaid Planning?, December 2004
Foxes Guarding the
Chicken House, December 2004
Medicaid vs. LTC,
November 2004
Courts Promote Medicaid
Planning, September 2004
CBO Says Medicaid Crowds
Out LTC Insurance, June 2004
Medicaid Planning and
Estate Recovery Issues Are Heating Up,
May 2004
Takacs
Tackles LTC Anomalies, April 2004
The Medicaid Seduction,
April 2004
Guardian Nightmare or How
Heirs Rob the Elderly, March 2004
How Medicaid
Planners Seduce Nursing Homes, March
2004
No Wonder They Don't Buy
LTCi, March 2004
Medicaid Maneuvers Are
Dangerous, Warns WSJ, February 2004
Basich Balderdash on LTC
Financing, January 2004
What Should Be Done About
Medicaid Profiteers?, December 2003
Medicaid, LTCI and RAMs:
The CMS Perspective, November 2003
Medicaid Planners
Convicted, November 2003
Mr. Long-Term Care Speaks
Out, October 2003
Medicaid Planners Confess,
October 2003
What Goes Around Comes
Around, August 2003
Medicaid Loopholes by
State, July 2003
LTC Safety Net or
Inheritance Insurance?, July 2003
USA Today Blasts Medicaid
Planning, Urges Reform, July 2003
Medicaid Planning Ads in
the New York Times, April 2003
In the Lion's Den of
Medicaid Planning, February 2003
Wall Street Journal
Blasts Medicaid Estate Planning Today, February 2003
They're Baaack, Part VI:
"Medicaid for the Upper Crust",
January 2003
Kudos to CLTC, Inc.,
October 2002
Medicaid Planning Full
Disclosure, September 2002
Is Medicaid Planning OK
if Insurers (Not Lawyers) Do It?,
September 2002
Medicaid
Whack-a-Mole Supercharges the LTC Partnership,
August 2002
Board Chair Claude
Thau on Medicaid Planning, July 2002
Connecticut Attacks Medicaid Planning to Save Money and Encourage Private
LTCI, June 2002
"Nursing
Home Care Virtually Free For Life", May 2002
New LTCI Policy You Can Buy
after the Insurable Event Occurs, May 2002
Supremes
Sing Sour Note for Medicaid Planning,
February 2002
They're Baaack, Part V: "A Person With $1 Million Is Not Wealthy",
January 2002
Insurers Acknowledge
Role of Public Financing, December 2001
Divorce,
Medicaid Style, November 2001
They're
Baaack, Part IV:
"Abandon Your Spouse . . . Get Medicaid",
October 2001
Working Both Ends, August 2001
They're Baaack, Part III: "Buy Cattle, Get Medicaid,
July 2001
They're Baaack, Part II:
Frank Comments, July 2001
JD Warns DPOAs Dangerous,
June 2001
JBQ Decries Exploitation of Medicaid,
June 2001
Medicaid's Greedy Henchmen,
May 2001
They're Baaaack . . . Medicaid Planners Rise
Again, April 2001
Planning for Public Benefit Eligibility,
April 2001
Medicaid Estate
Planning Unmasked, March 2001
Stumbling
on the Next Step, January 2001
FL Court Decisions Reflect Injustice of Medicaid Planning,
January 2001
HCFA Slams
Medicaid Loophole Shut!, November 2000
Hot Tip and Best
Practice, August 2000
Bill Gates on
Medicaid?, August 2000
Thriving After 55,
July 2000
Open
Letter to HCFA, July 2000
NY's
Highest Court Opens Door to Further Medicaid Abuse,
June 2000
CLTC
Certification Program Ejects NAELA, May 2000
Is
Medicaid Planning Elder Abuse?, May 2000
Insurance
Exec Misses Mark on Medicaid Planning, April 2000
HCFA
OKs Estate Recovery of Annuity Proceeds, April 2000
Elder
Law Attorney Promotes Medicaid Alternatives, March 2000
Kiplinger
Comments Draw Medicaid Complaint, March 2000
Burning
Nursing Homes at Both Ends , February 2000
LTC
Insurance Made Simple, January 2000
Progress!,
January 2000
Defense
of Medicaid Planning Ignores Consequences, December 1999
Three
Cheers...But One From the Bronx!, December 1999
NYT
Readers Denounce Medicaid Planning, November 1999
More
Bad Advice from Consumer Reports, November 1999
Must
Attorneys Advise About LTC Options?, October 1999
Is
Medicaid Planning Ethical?, October 1999
Where's
the Outrage?, September 1999
Jane
Bryant Quinn on Medicaid Planning, September 1999
On
Rich Bankrupts and Wealthy Welfarers, August 1999
Ad
is More Evidence of Medicaid Competition, July 1999
LTC
Insurance Gets Short Shrift in Favor of Medicaid, July 1999
Why
Not Medicaid?, July 1999
More
Merchandising of Medi-Cal, March 1999
Center
VP Argues Dangers of Medicaid Planning, March 1999
Medi-Cal
(California Medicaid) is for Everyone?, February 1999
Medicaid
Eligibility Vise Squeezes Tighter, February 1999
Perils
of Medicaid, February 1999
A
Pedigree of Poverty-Making, December 1998
Certifiable
Suckers?, December 1998
Prominent
Attorneys Discuss Criminalization, November 1998
More
Duplicity From Medicaid Planners, November 1998
Attorneys
Promote Medicaid as Alternative to LTC Insurance, October 1998
Good
Advice from a NAELA Attorney, October 1998
NY
Court Gives Green Light to Medicaid Planners, September 1998
Widespread
Medicaid Planning Confirmed…Again, August 1998
Update
on "Granny's Attorney Goes To Jail", July 1998
Medicaid
Minefields Indeed!, July 1998
Medicaid
Planning Exposed, July 1998
New
York LTC Executive Speaks Out, June 1998
NY's
Highest Court Rebuffs Aggressive Medicaid Planning,
June 1998
Did
Janet Reno Legalize Medicaid Fraud?, June 1998
USA Today Takes Medicaid Planning to Task, May 1998
CNN Update on "Send Granny's Lawyer to Jail Law", May
1998
LTC Services
Highlights the link between
private financing and quality services. Return
to top of page
LTC Whammy!, October 2008
You Get
the Long-Term Care You Pay For, October 2008
What's
Your LTC Plan?, October 2008
The
Savage Truth on LTCI, September 2008
The LTC
Promise, September 2008
LTCI
Thrives on HCBS While Medicaid Flounders, August 2008
Marilee Driscoll Reports on the 2nd Annual Partnership
Summit (Part 2 of 2), August 2008
Marilee
Driscoll Reports on the 2nd Annual Partnership Summit (Part 1 of 2),
August 2008
LTC
ViaRail, May 2008
LTC
Planning Requires Emotion AND Thought, April 2008
Reversing
Your Mortgage for Elder Care, February 2008
LTC Tour Touches
LTC Providers, February 2008
A Home Can Protect
Both Health and Wealth, November
2007
The
Senior Solution--Book Review, November 2007
Who
Ya Gonna Call?,
October 2007
Why
Not Medicaid?,
October 2007
Book
Review--Harley Gordon's Latest,
September 2007
Nursing
Home Pot Calling LTCi Kettle Black?, August 2007
The
Long-Term Care Graduate Seminar, August 2007
What's
Really Happening to LTC?, July 2007
The
Brave New World of Long-Term Care,
June 2007
How
CMS Bought a Half-Billion-Dollar Double-Edged LTC Sword,
May 2007
LTC
on the House, May 2007
Sucker
Punched in Dallas, April 2007
Focus
on AALTCI, March 2007
JBQ
in Newsweek: Use LTCI or RMs, Not Medicaid, March 2007
LTC
Embed: Report from the Policy Front,
March 2007
LTC
Embed: Reverse
Mortgage First Impressions, February
2007
Special
Edition for LTCi Producers, November
2006
Congressional
Quarterly Nails the LTC Issue,
October 2006
Moses
and Shelton on NPR re LTCi,
September 2006
Damned
if You Don't, August 2006
Kiplinger's:
Beware Medicaid, Buy LTCi, Get HEC,
April 2006
What
I Believe About Long-Term Care,
March 2006
Book
and Interview on LTC Planning--New Edition,
February 2006
A
New Cannon in Our Health Policy Arsenal, September 2005
Who
Should Pay for Long-Term Care?, September 2005
WSJ
Says Don't Count on Government for LTC, September 2005
LTC
Debate Preview and Guide, September 2005
Sound
Solutions for Long-Term Care,
August 2005
I
Don't Need LTCi . . . I Have VA, July 2005
LTCi
Coverage:
What's the Right Size?,
May 2005
Why Does Georgetown Dodge
RAMs?, April 2005
Should You Buy LTCi? Or
What if You Don't?, April 2005
Big Problems, Small
Victories, March 2005
Of Superman, Bedsores and
Nursing Home Litigation, November 2004
LTC Juxtapositions,
October 2004
Simple Guide to Reverse
Mortgages, September 2004
Who Should Pay for
Long-Term Care?, September 2004
Caregiving Crisis
Continues, August 2004
Do People on Medicaid Get
Worse Nursing Home Care?, August 2004
Could You Lift Your
Husband From the Floor?, June 2004
The Sirens' Call, The
Primrose Path, and Assisted Living, May
2004
On The New Math of
Long-Term Care Insurance, March 2004
LTCi Professional
Liability for Financial Advisors, March
2004
Changing LTC
Public Policy: Why-What-When?, February
2004
Don't Forget Why We're
Doing This, February 2004
The Unspeakable, Spoken,
January 2004
Season's Greetings and a
Holiday Policy Gift, December 2003
Don't Look to Germany for
a Long-Term Care Model, October 2003
Medicaid, Nursing Homes,
Quality Problems and Insurance: How to Connect the Dots,
October 2003
LTC is Number One
Priority, September 2003
Medicaid Waivers Waver on
Quality, July 2003
How Can Private LTC
Insurance Help Save Medicaid?, June 2003
Long-Term Care Lemmings,
June 2003
Levy's
Cadette on LTC Financing Policy, May
2003
The CLTC Class and
Certification, April 2003
"AWOLTC: LTC Leaders
Away Without Leave", April 2003
If Government and
Business Renege, Will Individual Responsibility Flourish?,
March 2003
Long-Term Care in the
Crosshairs, March 2003
ACLI's Paean to LTCI,
March 2003
Polishing Nursing Homes,
January 2003
Tough Times Ahead for LTC, January 2003
Great New LTC Financing
Approach by Any Name, January 2003
The CMS Quality Oxymoron,
November 2002
U.S. News
Zaps Nursing Homes, October 2002
Reverse Mortgages Could Fund LTC Services and LTCI Premiums,
August 2002
New CLTCF Speech: "Insurance: Private vs. Social",
July 2002
The History of
Long-Term Care, July 2002
Long-Term
Care Advocacy Shortsighted, March 2002
An
Answer for ALF Affordability, March 2002
Long-Term Care Needs Leadership Now,
January 2002
NIC's Mixed Message on
Seniors Housing, January 2002
Washington Provider Association Gets It,
January 2002
NIC
on LTCI, December 2001
Cleveland Area Providers Take Charge of Future,
November 2001
A Perspective From the Trenches,
October 2001
Doesn't Everyone
Get the Same Care in a Nursing Home?,
October 2001
Bleeding Medicaid Dry,
October 2001
Studies Prove Need for LTCI
, September 2001
Playing the Government Reimbursement Game,
June 2001
Does LTCI Make a Difference?,
June 2001
LTC Nursing Shortage Looms,
May 2001
Seniors Housing World Conference Report,
April 2001
The Paul Revere of Assisted Living,
March 2001
Seniors Housing World Conference,
February 2001
Right
Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription, February 2001
The Importance of Intergenerational Planning,
February 2001
Triathlon Report Findings Resonate,
January 2001
Shedding
Tiers, June 2000 (Reissue)
Low
Medicaid Reimbursement Takes Toll, January 2000
Nursing
Homes Suffer When Medicaid Pays, December 1999
Another
Reason to Avoid Medicaid, November 1999
Economist
Shares Thoughts on LTC, October 1999
More
Medicaid Woes, September 1999
How
to Kill the Golden Goose, September 1999
Kudos
to Kiplinger's, August 1999
How
to Unleash Long-Term Care Insurance and Assisted Living, June 1999
The
Plight of Certified Nursing Assistants,
May 1999
Nursing
Home Industry in Crisis,
April 1999
Between
a Rock and a Hard Place, April 1999
Perils
of Medicaid, February 1999
Tennessee
Advocates Invite Unintended Consequences, August 1998
Can
NHs Make Gold Out of Straw?, July 1998
NC
Rest Homes Trap Private Payers, July 1998
HMOs
Get Dose of Medicaid Reality, July 1998
Employees
Paid Bonus to Unload Medicaid Patients, July 1998
Senior
Entitlement Changes Plague LTC Giant, June 1998
New
York LTC Executive Speaks Out, June 1998
Politics and Legislation
Commentary on the news from
Congress, the Administration, HCFA, and the states.
For more analysis on state specific Medicaid programs see our state
reports.
Return to top of page
The LTC
Score, May 2008
Pension
Protection Act of 2006, February
2007
The
DRA Bullets, January 2007
The
Future of LTC and Medicaid, November
2006
The
Long-Term Care DRAma in Congress,
September 2006
Bravo
CMS!, July 2006
Untangling
the Deficit Reduction Act,
July 2006
The
Future of LTC and Medicaid, July
2006
LTC
Embed Report from the Policy Front in Hagerstown, Maryland,
July 2006
LTC
Embed Reports from the Policy Front, MD and DC,
July 2006
Let's
Fight Back!, June 2006
The
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, April 2006
Microsimulate
This!, March 2006
"Analysis:
Congress Strengthens Long-Term Care",
March 2006
The
Brave New World of LTC Financing,
February 2006
The
Plot Thickens,
February 2006
LTC
Insanity,
February 2006
State
Moves Toward Private LTC Financing Alternatives,
February 2006
LTC Victory,
February 2006
LTC
Embed--Report from the Front,
February 2006
LTC
Showdown,
January 2006
As
LTC Climax Approaches, CBO Estimates Savings,
January 2006 On Asset Transfers,
Charitable Giving and Nursing Homes,
January 2006
LTC
Denouement . . . for Now,
December 2005
Good
News, Bad News, December
2005
Urgent
You Act, It's Now or Never,
December 2005
House
Passes Historic LTC Reform; Center Helps Tip Balance; AARP Spurned,
December 2005
Senator
Snookered (R, OR),
December 2005
GAO
on TOA Underwhelms,
October 2005
Transforming
Medicaid and LTC,
September 2005
Medicaid Budget
Reconciliation Sneak Peek,
September 2005
LTC
Disconnect,
June 2005
The
Medicaid Commission ,
May 2005
LTC Embed: Report from
the Front (Congress #2), April 2005
Center to Give
Congressional Testimony, April 2005
Governors Get Going on
LTC Reform, April 2005
LTC Druggies?,
January 2005
Ken Dychtwald on the
"Silver Ceiling", October 2004
California Dreamin' About
LTC, October 2004
LTC "Memorial"
is a Model for States, February 2004
Presidential Hopefuls
Give Lip Service to LTC, February 2004
Seeking LTC Solutions,
July 2003
What About the Rate
Stability of the U.S. Government?,
December 2002
Hawaii's Care Plus
Program, a Status and Trip Report,
November 2002
Could "Sin
Taxes" Fund Long-Term Care?,
September 2002
LTCI in Germany,
August 2002
Hawaii's CarePlus Program,
June 2002
Colorado
Confronts LTC Crisis, April 2002
Olmstead Languishes,
April 2002
Special Alert--Medicare to Cover Alzheimer's Disease,
March 2002
Senators
Focus on Caregiving Challenges, March
2002
Free Health
Care News , March 2002
Medicaid Woes Worsen,
March 2002
CMS' Scully on LTCI and Tax
Deductibility ,
February 2002
Federal LTC Insurance Program Moves Forward,
December 2001
The Case for LTCI Tax
Incentives, October 2001
Tax Breaks for LTCI Not Likely Soon,
September 2001
LTCI Tax Deductibility:
High Hopes Turn to Lowered Expectations,
August 2001
Will Tax Deductibility Pass This
Year?, August 2001
Growing Support for LTCI Tax Breaks,
July 2001
WV Loses Estate Recovery
Challenge,
Beneficiaries Can’t Enforce Medicaid Law,
May 2001
LTC Action on the Hill,
April 2001
Medicaid Estate Recoveries Clarified by HCFA,
March 2001
HCFA Slams
Medicaid Loophole Shut!, November 2000
Government
and Industry Team Up on LTCI, September 2000
Smart ALEC on
LTC Policy, September 2000
The Power of
Leverage, August 2000
Will Olmstead
Help or Hurt Long-Term Care?, August 2000
Open Letter to
HCFA, July 2000
UK
Government Endorses Fundamental Principle of LTC Choice,
July 2000
LTC
Rising In Congress, March 2000
HCFA
OKs Estate Recovery of Annuity Proceeds, April 2000
Michigan
Gets with (Part of) the Program, April 2000
Progress!,
January 2000
LTC
Financing on NPR, September 1999
LTC
Rising, July 1999
Republican
Tax Package Promotes LTC Insurance, July 1999
Veterans'
Benefits Might Not Pay for LTC, July 1999
Rep.
Northup's Call to Action, July 1999
Chairman
Grassley Voices Open Secret, July 1999
HCFA
Tells States to Prepare for Looming Crisis, May 1999
Bill
Introduced to Study LTC in the 21st Century, May 1999
Fellow
Travelers,
May 1999
LTC
Bullet: Rep. Hobson Committed to LTC Reform, April 1999
New
Coalition Advocates Personal Responsibility for LTC,
April 1999
New
Group Seeks Consensus on LTC Reform,
April 1999
New
Law May Limit Access to Medicaid, March 1999
U.S.
President Debates Center President, March 1999
LTC
Reform Looms on the Horizon, February 1999
Shays
on LTC, February 1999
LTC
Bullet: Dr. Feelgood's LTC Prescription, January 1999
Rep.
Shays Reintroduces LTC Resolution, January 1999
Clinton
Considering LTC Tax Credits, December 1998
Senator
Grassley Talks Long-Term Care, December 1998
Feds
Anxious for LTC Insurance, November 1998
Wisconsin
LTC Reform Misguided, October 1998
How
Two Wrongs Can Make a Right: An Open Letter on Tax Deductibility to
Congresswoman Nancy Johnson, October 1998
Idaho
Decision Draws Attention to Estate Recovery, September 1998
HMOs
Struggle with Medicare, September 1998
An
Open Letter to the Medicare Commission, September 1998
Tennessee
Advocates Invite Unintended Consequences, August 1998
Update
on "Granny's Attorney Goes To
Jail", July 1998
LTC
Legislation On Fast Track, July 1998
First
Lady Speaks Her Mind on LTC, July 1998
Did
Janet Reno Legalize Medicaid Fraud?, June 1998
CNN Update on "Send Granny's Lawyer to Jail Law", May
1998
Demographics and Other Data
The impact of the Baby Boom and
discussion of the coming “age wave.”
Discussion of resources and data on LTC cost, spending and
utilization. Return to top of page
LTCI
Tax Deductibility--State and Federal,
January 2009
So What
If the Government Pays for Most LTC?, 2007 Data Update,
January 2009
New LTC Numbers You Need to Know,
November 2008
Book
Review: The Graying of the Great Powers, August 2008
So
What If the Government Pays for Most LTC?, 2006 Data Update, January
2008
So
What If the Government Pays for Most LTC?, 2005 Data Update,
January 2007
New
LTC Research and What It Means for You,
November 2006
Halloween
Scare and New Members-Only Feature,
October 2006
LTCi
Contradictions Resolved?,
June 2006
LTCi
Contradictions ,
June 2006
LTCi
Update ,
October 2005
We're
Not in Kansas Anymore,
August 2005
Excellent
New Reports on Medicaid LTC Eligibility Published,
May 2005
Bankruptcy Plagues
Seniors, June 2004
The
Perfect Generational Storm is Coming,
April 2004
So What If the Government
Pays for Most LTC, 2002 Data Update,
January 2004
What About Nursing Homes?,
January 2004
Dire Warnings from the
Feds, September 2003
Index of Uninsurability
Needs Adjustment, August 2003
Do We Owe Apologies to
Our Grandchildren?, July 2003
Beware the Baby Boomer
Bust, July 2003
If You Think We've Got
Problems . . ., April 2003
Long-Term Care Crisis
Builds, April 2003
CareScouting Assisted
Living, February 2003
Latest Update on LTC
Insurance Sales and Characteristics,
February 2003
Nursing Home Yearbook for
LTC Data Mavens, October
2002
The International
Longevity Center, September 2002
The New Retirees,
August 2002
The Global Retirement Crisis,
July 2002
Wake
Up, Little Susie, June 2002
Medicaid, State Budgets,
and LTC Insurance, April 2002
GAO on
LTC:
New Testimony, Important but Flawed,
March 2002
New LIMRA Study on LTCI Trends and Outlook,
January 2002
The CIA on Global Aging,
December 2001
The Global Aging
“Threat”, October 2001
Surplus Won't Save Us,
March 2001
Useful Report
from Milbank, November 2000
Where's
There's Not A Will, There's a Way, July
2000
Are
We Overselling Aging Demographics?,
June 2000
Report
on State Tax Treatment of LTC Insurance Premiums Available, June 2000
Pigs,
Pythons, and Politics: How to Survive the Aging of the Baby Boomers,
May 2000
Who
Needs LTC Insurance?, May 2000
ACLI
on LTCI, May 2000
HCFA
Data Easily Misconstrued, February 2000
LTC
Insurance Made Simple, January 2000
What's
Wrong With This Picture?, January 2000
Global
Aging... Brave Old World!, May 1999
Private
LTC Insurance Expenditures Projected at Over $36 billion in 20 Years,
March 1999
Scary
Numbers, January 1999
Private
Financing of LTC Projected to Grow Faster than Public, September 1998
Seniors'
Income Gains Dwarf Others, September 1998
The
Healthier You Are, the Longer You May Spend in a Nursing Home, July
1998
CLTCR News
What’s happening at the Center,
press coverage and releases. Return to
top of page
Strike
While the LTC Iron is Hot!,
January 2009
LTC Graduate Seminar Transcription--Get Yours!,
January 2009
An LTC
Tour Retrospective, January
2009
Season's Greetings,
December 2008
What Have You Done for Me Lately?,
December 2008
Hitting
My Stride, November 2008
Broker World
Covers LTC Tour, November 2008
Long-Term Living Magazine Covers Our 2008 LTC Tour, October 2008
We
Touch Thousands of CPAs with Professional Video, September 2008
LTC
Tour End-of-Year Special, September 2008
Big
Week for the LTC Tour, August 2008
LIMRA
on the LTC Tour, August 2008
LTC
Tour Meets the Fearless Caregiver, July 2008
LTC
Tour Big News and Opportunities, July 2008
LTC
Tour Update, Etc., June 2008
Newspaper Coverage of LTC Tour Event, June 2008
Livin'
in Aluminum, April 2008
LTC
Mystery Tour in Cairo and Athens, April 2008
Host
the LTC Tour: A Do-It-Yourself Guide, April 2008
LTC-TV,
April 2008
The Jacksonville LTCI Conference,
March 2008
Tallahassee Bound, March 2008
The LTC Tour (Mile
4350), February 2008
McKnight's Editor
Highlights LTC Tour, January 2008
LTC Tour's First
Event Makes the News, January 2008
Season's
Greetings, December 2007
Got
LTC?, December 2007
LTC Graduate
Seminar for Everyone, December 2007
A Major Boost for
the 2008 LTC Tour, December 2007
What
Have You Done for Me Lately?, December 2007
LTC Tour Publicity
Begins, December 2007
LTC
Tour Itinerary, November
2007
The
LTCI Power List, November 2007
LTC
Tour Financial Update, October
2007
LTC
Tour Update and Endorsement, October
2007
The
Silver Bullet of Long-Term Care,
October 2007
The
National LTC Consciousness Tour -- The Plan, September 2007
The
National LTC Consciousness Tour -- How to Participate,
September 2007
The
National LTC Consciousness Tour -- Content, Schedule, Itinerary, September 2007
The
National LTC Consciousness Tour -- Resolution, September 2007
The
Long-Term Care Graduate Seminar,
August 2007
LTC
Embed: Report from the Policy Front in New England,
June 2007
First
LTC Gadfly Brigade Mobilizes,
April 2007
National
LTC Consciousness Campaign Begins in Iowa,
March 2007
LTC
Gadflies in Iowa,
February 2007
Long-Term
Care Awareness Campaign,
January 2007
LTC Bias,
January 2007
LTC
Gadflies,
January 2007
The
Almanac of Long-Term Care,
January 2007
Season's
Greetings, December 2006
What
Have You Done for Me Lately?, December 2006
The
New LTC Dialogue, June 2006
Center
and Friends in the Press, May 2006
Virtual
Visit to LTCi Conference, March 2006
Season's
Greetings and then Some,
December 2005
Watch
for Moses Op-Ed in WSJ Tomorrow (Saturday),
December 2005
What
Have You Done for Me Lately? ,
October 2005
The Center is Dead . . .
Long Live the Center, May 2005
Clueless in Orlando,
January 2005
Season's Greetings,
December 2004
What Have You Done for Me
Lately?, December 2004
The Long-Term Care
Dilemma, September 2004
Mysteries of LTC Revealed,
September 2004
Special LTC Project
Update, April 2004
Center Announces Special
LTC Project, March 2004
What Have You Done for Me
Lately?, December 2003
Open Letter to Governors
on Medicaid and LTC, May 2003
CLTCF/Milliman USA Study
Wins Supporters, Needs More, January
2003
Season's
Greetings, December 2002
Special Offer and
Annual Fund Appeal, December 2002
LTC Bullets Will Remain Free of Charge
Unless and Until We Contact You, October
2002
LTC Study Seeks Sponsors,
August 2002
What Have You Done for Me Lately?,
August 2002
How
to Keep Up with What You Need to Know,
June 2002
Book
Contract, Spring Break, Website Guide,
May 2002
LTC Graduate Seminar
Schedule, March 2002
Donor-Only Zone Sample --
The Data Base, February 2002
Long-Term
Care Graduate Seminar: March 4 in Chicago, February 2002
One-A-Day
Mental Vitamins, February 2002
How Can We Serve You Better?, January 2002
Expanding CLTCF’s Reach, January 2002
Season's Greetings and Happy New Year,
December 2001
'Tis the (Tax) Season to
Support the Center, December 2001
Support the Center,
November 2001
LTC Summit Conference in Boston,
November 2001
CLTCF Website Expands; Sponsorship Available,
November 2001
New
Partnership to Promote LTC Education, November 2001
Schedule 2002 Programs Now,
October 2001
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