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Survey: Long Term Care Costs Rising

April 7, 2006 by  
Filed under Current Events

This isn’t really news, but I thought I’d report it anyway. A company called Genworth Financial has released the findings of its “Cost of Care” report. According to the survey of over 9,000 providers, the costs for long term care are rising (as expected). From Medical News Today: The average annual cost for a private [...]

Close Call for Medicare and Medicaid

April 5, 2006 by  
Filed under Medicaid, Medicare

For the time being, Medicare and Medicaid spending won’t be cut. Although President George Bush proposed a $65 billion reduction in Medicaid, Medicare, and other mandatory programs, the Senate voted to exclude the provisions. Last week, the House Budget Committee also voted to exclude the cuts. As expected, both political parties are divided on the [...]

Branding Long Term Care

April 3, 2006 by  
Filed under Current Events

We aren’t raised to ever think about aging. Aging is something we all face but avoid talking about. A Milwaukee-based advertising firm has developed a marketing campaign for aging called “LTC: Let’s Take Care,” designed to “look at an old issue, raise community awareness and more easily identify the area’s long-term care providers so that [...]

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