The average future cost of long-term care for someone turning 65 today is about $122,400, the HHS-Urban report said. But some people need care for many years, pushing lifetime costs well into the ...

The law allowed anyone working in Washington to opt out of the tax if they purchased a private long-term care insurance policy before November 1, 2021. Over 450,000 Washingtonians purchased ...

Washington’s innovative and supportive program is already under fire: A measure before the state’s voters in the November 2024 elections would make paying the long-term care tax optional for ...

Millions of disabled and elderly people across the state could have their housing ripped out from under them due to the cuts.

New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and ...

long-term care and human services. Another Democrat-backed revenue measure, SB 5813, seeks higher tax rates for Washington’s ultra-rich residents via more progressive capital gains and estate taxes.

Some states have begun to address the issue. Washington State recently passed a 0.6% payroll tax to fund a new universal long-term care insurance program called WA Cares, which provides $36,500 in ...

The IRS on Thursday unveiled 2026 contribution limits for health savings accounts, or HSAs, which offer triple-tax benefits for medical expenses ... This doesn't include the cost of long-term care. In ...

OLYMPIA – Faced with a looming deadline, the Washington Senate passed ... as well as our long-term goal of reforming our outdated, unfair tax code.” The bills passed the Senate this weekend ...