Archive for June, 2008
Long Term Health Care premium tax credit with Caregiver Credit
0 Comments Published June 13th, 2008 in Caregiving, Legislation related to Caregivers, Life in general, Primary Family CaregivingThe Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney has introduced a bill H.R. 6237 that would provide a federal tax credit for Long Term Health Care insurance premiums and a caregiver tax credit under certain circumstances. You can see the rest of the article on Courant.com (June 14). The entire bill can be found on the Library of [...]
Employee caregiving help benefits
0 Comments Published June 1st, 2008 in Caregiver Health Issues, Legislation related to Caregivers, Primary Family CaregivingIn April, there was an article in Inside Indiana Business that cited a 2006 Metlife Mature Market Institute study showing that US businesses lose between $17.1 to 33.6 billion dollars in productivity due to employees caregiving responsibilities. The purpose of the article was to highlight the proposal of an Indiana based company, My Health Care [...]