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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

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

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

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

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

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