Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance? Maybe Not
Private long-term care insurance can be an important tool to protect against the risk of needing costly personal assistance in old age. But two respected financial economists conclude it is very expensive relative to the benefits it provides and may not be appropriate for many buyers. At the same time, a new consumer brief from the Society of Actuaries suggests how much wealth you should have ...

House urges pay freeze for feds
WASHINGTON -- Here's how members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Feb. 3.

CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted
LONG-TERM-CARE INSURANCE: Voting 267 for and 159 against, the House on Feb. 1 sent the Senate a bill to repeal the 2010 health law's section on long-term-care insurance. The program already had been shelved by the administration on grounds it would not pay for itself, as the law requires.

Legislative Roll Call | PUBLIC RECORDS | Jan. 30 to Feb. 3
WASHINGTON — Here's how members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Feb. 3.

How Texans voted in Congress
How Texans voted in Congress Passed, 96-3, a bill (S 2038) barring members of Congress and congressional staff from using confidential information obtained in their legislative work in personal financial transactions such as stock trading. The bill requires lawmakers, their top aides and tens or hundreds of thousands of executive-branch officials to disclose within 30 days all trading in stocks ...