Many states are struggling to find ways to balance their budgets, but it seems New York is borrowing some of …
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Crumbling Economics Undermine Long-Term Care Offerings
All publicity may not be good publicity after all, the long-term care (LTC) insurance industry discovered last month. The industry …
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The Best Tax Law Money Can Rent
Congress used to give us the best laws money could buy. Nowadays, however, the legislative process is not for sale; …
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In Memory Of Harold Elkin, 1926-2010
Contrary to popular belief, social networking existed long before the Internet gave us applications like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn. Our …
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It’s Come To This: ‘Redshirt’ Kindergartners
Is redshirting appropriate? No, I’m not talking about college athletes; I’m talking about kindergartners. The most common use of the …
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Baucus Fires Up The FUD Machine
Legend has it that in the days when IBM dominated computing, it taught sales reps to dissuade customers from buying …
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A Day To Reflect On Human Rights
China’s rulers miscalculated badly when they prevented Liu Xiaobo’s family from collecting today’s Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf. The …
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What Price Love? Try $1.75 Million
Think you can’t put a price on love? President Obama and congressional Republicans got together this week and came up …
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Another Problem For LTC Insurance: Earlier Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
As Anna Pfaehler wrote here on Monday, long term care (LTC) insurance is on shaky ground. New diagnostic criteria for …
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