Priced Out
Connecticut has one of the largest shares of older adults in the country and a sizeable insurance presence. Yet an industry at the intersection of elder care and insurance is in turmoil. The Connecticut Mirror spent more than a year investigating long-term care insurance and its effect on the people who buy it.
CT long-term care insurance costs are skyrocketing, strangling consumers
With annual rate hikes often exceeding 50%, coverage is increasingly unaffordable. And as complaints mount, legislative reform has been slow.
Genworth ties executive pay to rate increases for long-term care insurance
Genworth Financial, which sells coverage in CT, has a business plan that relies heavily on getting what it wants from insurance regulators.
How CT Mirror investigated the long-term care insurance industry
To investigate the problems in Connecticut’s long-term care insurance industry, CT Mirror staff read through thousands of pages and analyzed hundreds of data points. Here’s how we did it.
Legislators to push for reform on long-term care insurance
Following a CT Mirror investigation into skyrocketing long-term care insurance prices, lawmakers said more protections are urgently needed.
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PODCAST: CT officials ‘hit a wall’ regulating long-term care insurance costs
CT Mirror’s Jenna Carlesso discusses her story written with Dave Altimari, Katy Golvala and Andrew Brown about ballooning long-term care insurance costs.
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Human Services Committee advances bill creating long-term care insurance safeguards
A legislative committee advanced a bill imposing consumer protections for long-term care insurance policyholders, among other provisions.
Long-term care insurance legislation advances
The bill would require CT Insurance Dept. to hold a public hearing when insurers’ rate hike requests exceed 10%, notify lawmakers in advance.
Lawmakers revive efforts to help long-term care insurance policyholders
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide relief to long-term care insurance policyholders squeezed by large premium increases.
Policyholders wage grassroots effort for long-term care insurance reform
A group of long-term care insurance policyholders are traveling around the state, trying to build a grassroots coalition to spur reform.