New State Rules Take Aim at Long-Term Care Insurance

Many states -- including Alabama, Kansas and Oregon -- are implementing new regulations designed to help consumers who encounter problems with long-term care insurance claims. Oregon, for example, has adopted new rules on how to appeal a denial of a long-term care insurance claim. Some insurers have been known to delay or deny payments for such claims.

• "Putting the 'Care' Into Long-Term Care Insurance" (Foden-Vencil, Oregon Public Broadcasting/NPR/Kaiser Health News, 10/17).