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http://www.opm.gov/insure/retirees/index.asp?AnswerId=109

Insurance Programs

Retirees or Family Members

Welcome to the insurance services website for Federal retirees and their survivors. Here, you will find various resources to help you and your family make informative choices regarding health, dental, vision, life, and long term care insurance. You can find information about each program by clicking on one of the links below. Each section includes common questions to help guide you to the information you need.

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Long Term Care

What benefits are available?

Answer:

The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) provides long term care insurance to help pay for costs of care when enrollees need help with activities they perform every day, or have a severe cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimers disease. Long term care insurance helps pays for long term care services in many settings, such as at home, a nursing home, assisted living facility, and adult dependent care facility.

The FLTCIP is medically underwritten. This means you will need to answer questions about your medical history. Certain medical conditions or combinations of conditions will prevent some people from being approved for coverage. You need to apply to find out if you qualify for coverage under the FLTCIP. If you are approved for coverage, pay your premiums, and you meet the insurance carriers criteria for benefit payment, you will be reimbursed for covered long term care services up to the amount of daily benefit after you satisfy the waiting period.