Your employer may offer a group long-term care insurance plan or offer individual policies at a group discount. An increasing number of employers offer this benefit,16 especially since the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA allows employers the same type of federal tax benefit when they pay for their employees’ long- term care insurance as when they pay for their health insurance (except for Section 125 cafeteria plans). The employer-group plan may be similar to what you could buy in an individual policy. If you are an active employee, one advantage of an employer-group plan is you may not have to meet any.
