Long-Term Care
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CalPERS Update #14: Court Could File Final Order by Late September
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By Bonnie Burns, Policy and Training Specialist If you are a member of the CalPERS Long Term Care Class Action lawsuit, you should have received a detailed letter in the last month or two that informed you of the settlement and how it applies to you. The Court gave final approval to the settlement, fees and […]
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CDI Warns of False & Misleading Long-Term Care insurance Marketing tactics
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The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has received several complaints regarding misleading marketing and communications by some long-term care insurers and agents in connection with the work of the California Long-Term Care Insurance Task Force (Task Force) and recently issued an alert. These misleading communications falsely assert that a new payroll tax will be imposed […]
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False & Misleading Information Regarding a California Program For Long-Term Care
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By Bonnie Burns, Training and Policy Specialist Have you been told you need to buy insurance with long-term care benefits to avoid a state tax on your wages next year? If so you’ve been told a lie. Some brokers and wholesalers of insurance are circulating false and misleading information to market and sell insurance with […]
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How to do advance planning for people living with dementia
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Advance planning empowers people to make their own decisions about important topics like finances, health care, and living arrangements before the need arises. Yet, most people living with dementia have not created advance directives. What can be done in this situation? The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) has created a series of consumer guides to […]
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CalPERS Update #12: Second Settlement Announced – Your Options & Actions to Take
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A public announcement of a second settlement agreement was announced in the class action lawsuit against CalPERS long-term care insurance program. Letters from the court have gone out to approximately 79,500 current class members. If you didn’t formally opt out of the lawsuit, you are still a class member. If you weren’t a class member from the beginning […]
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