Demographic and administrative concerns are some of the factors that scare insurers away from bidding on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program contract, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The GAO reviewed the federal long term care (LTC) program at the request of members of Congress who have concerns about the program, which started up in 2002.
The program offers LTC insurance to federal workers and their relatives on a voluntary, employee-paid basis. Active workers and spouses who apply during open enrollment face little underwriting; other applicants face underwriting similar to what they would face in the individual market, John Dicken, a GAO director, writes in a report summarizing the GAO's findings.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
