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Elections have consequences, as Barack Obama observed after his 2008 victory. Following the election of President Trump and a Republican Congress, there is great uncertainty about what the consequences will be for older Americans.

When leaving a home to your children, you can avoid probate by using either joint ownership or a revocable trust, but which is the better method?

President Trump signed an executive order calling for a review of the so-called fiduciary rule, which was intended to prevent financial advisers from steering their clients to bad retirement investments by requiring advisers to act in the best interests of their clients.

A couple who are both age 60 and who purchase new long-term care insurance coverage can expect to pay between 6 and 9 percent more compared to a year ago according to the 2017 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an industry group.

Taxpayers with long-term care insurance policies can deduct some of their premiums from their income.

Medicare Advantage plans are a popular alternative to regular Medicare because the plans often offer lower out-of-pocket costs, but buyers need to make sure they know what they are paying for.

A new Medicare rule will promote earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

The beginning of a new year is a good time to take a look at your estate plan to make sure it is up to date.

More and more states are switching to a managed care model when dealing with Medicaid long-term care patients, a change that has resulted in a loss of services in some cases.

One of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s campaign promises was to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, and Republicans in Congress have vowed to make the repeal one of their first acts in the new term.