One of the country’s largest newspapers, with nationwide distribution, is sounding an alarm for its readers: the overwhelming majority of them are going to need long-term care. Of course, that statistic isn’t only true of Chicago Tribune subscribers. It holds up for the entire country and much of the world. The United States government estimates… Read More »
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Proposals for Better Long-Term Care Insurance
We can think about public policy in at least three ways: the way it used to be, the way it is, and the way it could be. Paying for long-term care has never been easy. These days, for those who make the right choices (and make them early enough), it’s manageable. But those who wait… Read More »
Holidays, Heirlooms, and Estate Plans
She’s been called the “Queen of Christmas Music” — Amy Grant’s five studio Christmas albums have been topping the holiday charts since 1983. The first of those efforts, A Christmas Album, includes a haunting track called “Heirlooms” that still garners airplay today. “Up in the attic,” she sings, “down on my knees… lifetimes of boxes,… Read More »
Advance Plannin’ Around the Christmas Tree
It’s been nearly sixty years since Bobby Helms first rang through our radios to remind us that the holidays are “the right time to rock the night away.” More than a half-century later, we’re still rockin’ around the Christmas tree to the likes of Helms, Brenda Lee, Chuck Berry, and all the other immortals who… Read More »