Virginia Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training

Overview

With the aging of the baby boom generation and the cost of health care continually rising, the issue of long-term care (LTC) is of major importance to both consumers and policymakers. Designed for producers who must meet Virginia's ongoing 4-hour training requirement for long-term care insurance and partnership policies. The course details today's long-term care insurance policies, including common features, provisions, options, and limitations. The course examines the ethical and suitability issues producers may face when offering long-term care insurance and concludes with two units on Virginia's Medicaid and LTC partnership programs.

This course fulfills Virginia's ongoing 4-hour training requirement for licensed producers who sell long-term care partnership policies.

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Objectives

  • Understand how long-term care is delivered and how much it costs
  • Explain the roles of Medicare and Medicaid as public sources for funding long-term care
  • Understand the basics of state long-term care insurance partnership programs and their role in reassigning the costs of care from public to private resources
  • Explain the primary forms of long-term care insurance, along with their features and characteristics
  • Understand the needs and circumstances under which long-term care insurance is suitable or unsuitable
  • Understand the basics of Virginia's Medicaid and LTC partnership programs

Designed For:

Life and health insurance producers and finance professionals




Course Information

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