health insurance

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  Prenups Mean Nothing When Long-Term Care Is Needed

  By Romeo Raabe, LUTC, LTCP  |  May 21, 2013

  If a client is considering a later-in-life marriage, understand that prenuptial agreements can’t ‘hide’ assets when it comes to a spouse’s need for LTC.

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  The Price of Everything: What’s the Value of Sound Advice?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  The SEC Regulatory Accountability Act is yet another attempt by the securities industry to shift attention away from the consumer protections of requiring brokers to put the interests of their clients ahead of their own, by focusing solely on the “costs” of doing so.

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  Best and Worst States for Small Business in 2013

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 9, 2013

  Despite the claims by advocates that lower taxes entice business, a new survey finds it’s actually something else.

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  Half of Workers Believe Comfortable Retirement Out of Reach

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  A comfortable retirement is still something many Americans fear they’ll have to do without, according to EBRI’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey.

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  Sequestration Cuts Imminent; Government Shutdown Looms

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 25, 2013

  As the nation braced for the $85 billion in sequestration cuts to kick in on March 1, Joe Lieber of Washington Analysis laid out the “numerous tools available” to blunt sequestration’s impact.

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  Obama Presses for Delay, but Sequestration Cuts Imminent

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  President Barack Obama urged Congress Tuesday to delay the looming sequestration cuts by passing a package of both spending cuts and tax hikes, but reports said Wednesday that Obama’s plan was DOA in the House.

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  Are HRAs on the Chopping Block Under the Affordable Care Act?

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  February 5, 2013

  Health Reimbursement Arrangements are one type of health insurance vehicle that may be on the chopping block with the dawn of Obamacare.

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  The Future of Financial Advice? Maybe It’s Health Care

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  I suspect that financing health care will replace investments as the primary service demanded by advisory firm clients in the all-too-near future.

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  Kitces on the Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 3: Obamacare

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 10, 2013

  This year may mark the beginning of a permanent change in separating employment from health insurance. Why this development in health exchanges holds major implications for you and your clients.

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  Kitces on Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 1: Fiduciary and SRO

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 8, 2013

  First up in an intense year for advisor regulation: movement from the DOL on its fiduciary rule.