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Long Term Care Partnership Program of Oregon, Idaho and Ohio

Long Term Care Partnership Program of Oregon

 

The Oregon Long Term Care Partnership Program was established in January 1, 2008. It is a union between the State of Oregon and private insurance companies wherein the program offers qualified long term care policies that residents can choose from to help them with the swelling costs of long term care.

 

To better mandate the progress of the program, it is administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services and the states’ Insurance Division. The Oregon Department of Human Services supervises the states’ Medicaid program, while, its Insurance Division manages insurance companies authorized of selling partnership policies to the residents.

 

Under each partnership policies, a policyholder is allowed to protect their assets should they apply for Medicaid assistance after depleting all their resources. With a dollar-for-dollar asset protection, the amount of assets that are not included in the Medicaid eligibility is equal to the amount of insurance benefits the partnership policy pays.

 

These partnership policies are also required to provide unique features like inflation protection, must be tax-qualified, and should meet customer protection requirements.

 

With protection against inflation, it is vital to acquire this special benefit. Inflation protection helps policyholders to keep up with the fast growing costs of LTC. However, inflation protection offered varies depending on age. In terms of being a tax-qualified policy, the premiums paid for the policy may be deducted from state and federal income tax returns.

To answer customer protection requirements, the partnership policies must also provide a written verification which indicates the time of issue of the policy, states that the policy is a qualified partnership policy and there is a full explanation of benefits that the policy covers.

 

Partnership policies in Oregon have already been marketed since January of 2008. Such policies are being offered by licensed insurance carriers which are being sold by agents with license as well.

Partnership for Long Term Care in Idaho

 

With the aim of providing a better solution to the rising costs of long term care today, the State of Idaho has also adopted its own Long Term Care Insurance Partnership Program in November of 2006. The program was designed with the objective of providing aid and assurance to residents for a more secured and comfortable environment when they finally reach retirement age.

 

Under the partnership program, a resident who has purchased a partnership policy enjoys the benefit of qualifying for Medicaid assistance without depleting all of his assets just to pay for care. With the unique feature the policy possesses, the policyholder’s personal assets will be disregarded should he or she applies for the Medicaid program.

 

In Idaho, partnership policies are mandated to offer a minimum daily benefit amount, a three-year minimum benefit period, and inflation protection for individuals of a younger age.

 

The benefit amount refers to how you want your policy to pay benefits for you at the time of application. Benefit period pertains to the amount of time a policy will pay starting from the point of claim. While, inflation protection is am additional rider in your long term care plan which adjusts benefits to keep up with the rapid increase in costs of long term care.

 

There are levels of inflation protection offered by LTC policies in Idaho. For individual age 61 and below, an automatic compound inflation of at least five percent is given. For those aged 61 to 75, automatic annual inflation of at least five percent, simple or compound, is offered. And, for individuals who are aged 76 and above, inflation protection is no longer required, but maybe purchased by the policyholder by choice.

 

Good thing about Idaho’s partnership program, it also participates in the reciprocity agreement with other states. This reciprocal agreement among states extends the asset disregard to residents who have already purchased an LTC policy in another state offering the same asset disregard feature.

 

Under the reciprocity agreement, Medicaid applicants will receive a dollar-for-dollar asset disregard, and amounts equal to the benefits received under a partnership policy will be exempted from Medicaid estate recovery. In term of Medicaid eligibility, resident of Idaho are required to fulfil a set of requirements to determine eligibility.

Partnership Policies in Ohio

 

Ohio is one among the states in the United States which have finally adopted its own Long Term Care Partnership Program since September of 2007. Under the program, partnership policies allow residents to receive benefits of the policy and protect an amount equal to the assets, if the person still needs long-term care and apply for Medicaid. And for those who can afford the expenditures, the State of Ohio encourages them to consider buying this type of LTCi policy.

 

How do partnership policies work in Ohio? In such qualified policies, a policyholder pays premiums as he or she does in any insurance contract. When the cay comes the person needs care, the policy’s benefits are used to pay for covered care. The person receives benefits as long as he or she needs care and do not exhaust the coverage of the premiums bought. Consequently, the person can protect some of his assets as well should he continue to need care and apply for Medicaid.

 

In Ohio, for policies be considered as qualified, policies must meet specific requirements including: (a) must be issued after September 10, 2007, (b) the insured must be a resident of Ohio when the coverage becomes effective, (c) the policy must be a federally tax-qualified plan based on the Internal Revenue Service Code, and, (d) the policy must meet consumer protection standards, including inflation protection.

 

With partnership policies, policyholders enjoy the benefit of, for every dollar that is used in the benefits, a dollar of assets is protected if the person later apply for Medicaid. A policyholder is allowed to protect assets up to the total amount of the coverage he or she bought. The partnership policy helps in planning for long term care expenses while protecting assets.

 

Nowadays, it is better to consider a partnership policy than a non-partnership policy. This is for the reason that, if a person has finally exhausted all the benefits of his non-partnership policy and still requires continuous care, he is obliged to “spend down” all his assets first before qualifying for Medicaid eligibility. If determined qualified, that is the only time Medicaid pays for the costs of care. If not, the person faces the heavy burden of shouldering all his LTC expenses out of pocket.

 

While with a partnership policies, the policy protects assets matching the amount of benefits the insured received from his policy. But, if the protected amount is less than the individual’s remaining assets, he or she needs to pay for the expenses until he qualifies for Medicaid assistance.

 

With regards to long term care insurance, there is a lot of unbiased information you might face throughout your journey. That’s why make sure you understand all the types of long term care policies being marketed today. Also, aware yourself with the various long term care costs today.

 

With regards to long term care, there is a lot of unbiased information you might face throughout your journey. That’s why make sure you understand all the types of long term care policies being marketed today. Also, aware yourself with the various long term care costs today.

About the Author

Annika Myers is a professional writer of LTC Global for http://www.completelongtermcare.com  – A resource website where You Can find everything you need to know about Long Term Care insurance including great articles and resources on costs, care, facilities, quotes and much more.

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