Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers

With more than eight million customers, [long-term care ] insurance is one of the many products that companies are pitching to older Americans reaching retirement.

Yet thousands of policyholders say they have received only excuses about why insurers will not pay. Interviews by The New York Times and confidential depositions indicate that some long-term-care insurers have developed procedures that make it difficult -- if not impossible -- for ... Full Story »

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by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This long investigative article does a fine job digging out the abusive claims practices of some long-term care insurers. As business journalism, it is exemplary in its use of sources, and in its recounting of attempts to get comment from the evildoers it exposes. At the same time, it explains that there are some honest companies in this business.

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