In late 2025, a rumor spread that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has drafted an interim final rule that would repeal the minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities that were adopted in 2024 despite major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover tax, budget and retirement policy from Washington Three things are true about long-term care, though many Americans don’t ...

When older Americans contemplate retirement, and they consider whether to retire in another state, the regional costs of senior care might not cross their minds. Yet, more than 80% of Americans will ...

An imminent long-term care pharmacy crisis could affect more than 80% of nursing home residents by 2026, with about 84% of pharmacies planning to reduce ...

Planning for retirement isn't just about how much you've saved. It's also about how you'll handle the expenses you can't fully predict. And, one of the biggest unknowns for older Americans today is ...

The U.S. has some of the highest elder care costs in the world and Medicare won’t cover them all. Discover ways to plan for ...

High costs of long-term care necessitate discussions with clients of strategies to most effectively cover this contingency.

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The Trump administration has repealed a Biden-era rule setting minimum staffing levels at nursing homes nationwide, even as shorthanded Long Island eldercare facilities are struggling to fill vacant ...

Long-term care insurance can ensure you have the help you need for day-to-day living. There are three main types of long-term care insurance, and which one is best for you will depend on your ...

More than 2,700 skilled nursing providers made U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 list of Best Nursing Homes, proving their mettle across a broadly expanded set of measures that offer consumers an ...