A comprehensive guide to long-term care insurance costs, coverage options and whether it’s right for you.

We pick the best long-term care insurance companies of 2026, including New York Life and Mutual of Omaha.

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“We’ve been paying into long-term-care insurance since we were in our mid-50s,” said a friend, now in her late 60s. “But with all of the premium increases, we might have been better off just investing ...

Stand-alone long-term care insurance policies have been waning in popularity, owing to a combination of skyrocketing premiums and difficult claims experiences by consumers. In their place, so-called ...

The demographic shift toward an aging population has thrust the coordination of long-term care insurance and Medicaid benefits into the spotlight of elder law practice. For practitioners advising ...

Long-term care insurance isn’t as prevalent as other types of insurance, despite the fact that long-term care may eventually ...