Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers

New York Times by Charles Duhigg | Mar. 26, 2007 (Special Report)

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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Chris Finnie
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

When I first read this story yesterday, I wrote the reporter to thank him for exposing Conseco. This is not the only fraud this company is responsible for, and I fell victim to another. I tried lawyers, the state insurance commissioner's office, phone calls, letters, filling out all the crazy paperwork they asked for--and finally got part of my money back. But it took years. I truly feel for the people in this article and think it's shameful our government has done nothing to stop the various frauds being committed by this company.

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