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Tim Graham, Jay Skurski and Jerry Sullivan report from One Bills Drive, exploring this Sunday's matchup between the Bills and the Texans.
October 31, 2012 - 7:10 PM
Tim Graham, Jay Skurski and Jerry Sullivan report from One Bills Drive, exploring this Sunday's matchup between the Bills and the Texans.
October 31, 2012 - 6:20 PM
By Jay Skurski
The injury report handed out today at One Bills Drive should have chapters in it.
The Bills list 15 players on the injury report, same as the Texans.
Here's the breakdown from the Buffalo side: Defensive end Mark Anderson (knee) and guard Chad Rinehart (ankle) did not practice. Rinehart is out and it's doubtful Anderson will play Sunday. Offensive tackle Cordy Glenn (ankle), cornerback Terrence McGee (knee), defensive tackle Kyle Williams (ankle) and offensive tackle Erik Pears (hip) were limited participants. Pears made his first appearance on the injury report all season.
Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus (shoulder), wide receiver Brad Smith (chest), running back C.J. Spiller (shoulder), guard Kraig Urbik (ankle), wide receiver Donald Jones (low back), defensive end Mario Williams (wrist), guard Andy Levitre (knee), center Eric Wood (knee) and defensive end Chris Kelsay (ankle) were all full participants.
The Bills, if you'll recall, were fined $20,000 by the NFL earlier this season for not disclosing Mario Williams' wrist injury on their report. It seems they're determined not to let that happen again.
Bills coach Chan Gailey said before practice he has not made any changes to his starting lineup that were not injury-related.
On the Houston side, nose tackle Shaun Cody (back), receiver Andre Johnson (non-injury related), running back Ben Tate (hamstring) and guard Cody White (illness) did not practice. Linebacker Bryan Braman (neck), cornerback Johnathan Joseph (groin), nose tackle Earl Mitchell (ankle), linebacker Jesse Nading (foot/neck), defensive end Antonio Smith (ankle) and strong safety Quintin Demps (thumb/forearm) were limited participants. Wide receiver Lester Jean (knee), guard Ben Jones (illness), free safety Shiloh Keh (back), left guard Wade Smith (knee) and quarterback T.J. Yates (right elbow) were full participants.
Johnson missed practice for personal reasons, according to Houston coach Gary Kubiak, but is expected to return Thursday.
October 31, 2012 - 4:27 PM
By Tim Graham
Go ahead and call USA Today the Jim Cantore of Buffalo Bills backers.
While everyone else has evacuated their Bills playoff predictions faster than you can say "D batteries," USA Today is holding its ground.
In USA Today's midseason report on all 32 teams, the Bills graded out as a "C" along with this comment: "Watch out for these guys. They could easily jump up and grab that final wild-card spot. In fact, we think they will."
In its thumbnail for the Indianapolis Colts, USA Today writes: "The winner of their Nov. 25 game against the Buffalo Bills will make the playoffs. Since we already went on record here as saying the Bills are in, we'll stick with them."
What are the odds? In 10,000 season simulations from AccuScore, the Bills made the playoffs 14.5 percent of the time.
Thanks to the good folks at BuffaloRumblings.com for pointing out the USA Today slideshow. I normally stay away from slideshows. They give me hives. And I apologize for linking to it.
October 31, 2012 - 3:46 PM
By Tim Graham
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has been a fiend. He's the midseason favorite for defensive player of the year and is being mentioned for MVP talk in the same breath as elite quarterbacks.
Watt has 52 tackles, 16 of them for losses and a league-leading 9.5 sacks, including at least a half sack in six straight games. He has 16 quarterback hits, two fumble recoveries and an amazing 10 passes defensed.
Watt is so skilled at knocking down passes at the line -- he has most by a defensive lineman through eight games since 1991 -- that Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson said today quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is working on delivery adjustments. Four of Watt's deflections have been intercepted.
So which Bills offensive lineman gets the wonderful assignment of trying to handle Watt on Sunday?
It will be right tackle Erik Pears.
Bills coach Chan Gailey said Pears has "been up and down. He's struggled at times. Probably the last game was the worst game he's played."
Through seven games, Pears is on pace to have his worst season by far. He's on pace to allow a career-worst seven sacks (based on data from STATS Inc.) and commit a career-high nine penalties for 93 yards.
His worst numbers in each category are six sacks allowed (with the Denver Broncos in 2005) and seven penalties for 65 yards (with the Bills last season).
The Bills have been terrific at limiting sacks this season. They've given up eight. Only the New York Giants' seven sacks allowed are better.
But STATS Inc. has blamed Pears for three of Buffalo's sacks, or 37.5 percent.
He committed a pair of potentially costly penalties in the heartbreaking Week Seven loss to the Tennessee Titans. He was flagged 15 yards for unnecessary roughness, changing a second-and-2 situation to a second-and-17. The Bills eventually scored on the drive.
But in the fourth quarter, with the Bills clinging to a lead and desperately trying to move the ball, a Pears holding call wiped out a 16-yard Scott Chandler reception that would have moved the chains. Instead, the Bills had to punt two plays later.
Gailey said Pears' lackluster play can be partially attributed to the sports hernia surgery Pears had over the summer.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to get him back," Gailey said of Pears' consistency
It would be a good week for that.
UPDATE: The Bills' post-practice injury report today listed Pears as limited with a hip problem.
October 31, 2012 - 1:25 PM
By Tim Graham
Mario Williams has Matt Schaub in the crosshairs.
"If I get a chance to hit Matt, I'm definitely going to," Williams said today in the Buffalo Bills' locker room. "It's going down, for sure.
"At the end of the day, you don't want to go out there and hurt anybody. We're all friends."
Williams will return to Reliant Stadium, where he spent the first six years of his career, to play the Houston Texans on Sunday.
The Texans have been tossing bouquets at Williams this week. Today was Williams' turn to heap praise on his former coaches and teammates.
Of the Texans' AFC-best 6-1 record, Williams said he has "mad love for them" and that "I hope they do great" because they're "brothers that you played with for a long time."
But he stopped short at expressing any kind of appreciation to Houston's front office because of a perceived indifference to re-signing him. Buffalo eventually made him the NFL's richest defensive player.
Williams never specifically said he would have preferred to remain with Houston when his contract was up after last season, but his words strongly suggested it.
Williams, when asked about his departure, made sure to mention it wasn't his call.
"Everybody looks at it as you just up and leave," Williams said. "But you don't know the fact of basically being told 'We're not giving you anything as far as an offer or anything like that.' So your hands are tied in that aspect. Everybody else looks at it like you just went in free agency and left. Obviously, there was plenty of time for things done that wasn't done.
"That's fine with me. I just wish everybody else who runs their mouth and says this or that knew the whole story about it before making a decision about me just abandoning fans and the team and everything else like that because that's not my role. I'm not that type of guy.
"I'm here, and I'm ecstatic about it. We made the best of it. But there was never an offer from the general manager [Rick Smith]. It was a one-way door that was opened."
The Texans had several difficult decisions to make to get under the salary cap. They released popular right tackle Eric Winston to slash payroll. Any offer the Texans could have afforded to make Williams likely would have been construed as an insult.
Williams was asked if he would have preferred to stay with Houston, but didn't give a definitive answer.
"At the end of the day, it's almost like saying ... You don't know what's happening after the fact," Williams said. "None of this ... I wouldn't even have been in a position to hit free agency.
"Fans that saw me said, 'Don't leave.' I said 'I don't want to leave.' That's just how it is. Nothing against if I'm here or anywhere else. This is even prior to [free agency]. I never said I wanted out.
"I'm sure everybody's going to twist it up and say 'Oh, well, he didn't want to come here,' so on and so forth. That's not what I said. Like I said, I never asked [to leave Houston]. I was basically given a door in a quiet manner. I had no other choice."
Texans owner Bob McNair publicly said he wanted to keep Williams on the team, but Williams claimed that never getting an offer revealed the Texans' true feelings.
"People are going to believe what they hear," Williams said. "I don't have a say in that. There was never an offer made.
"I know the coaching staff was very high on me. I was very high on them, obviously. We had six years together. We came in together. But at the end of the day, the general manager makes the decisions.
"At the end of the day, I can't do anything about it. When the cards are dealt, you've got to play them. That's what I did. I'm here now. I'm grateful."
October 31, 2012 - 10:56 AM
October 31, 2012 - 9:23 AM
By Tim Graham
A couple years back, when discussing how contemporary reception totals color Andre Reed's Hall of Fame merits, inductee Paul Warfield said: "Our game is beginning to resemble baseball, in which everyone is looking at numbers."
That's the truth.
Every year -- seemingly every week -- new forms of statistical data and computerized analyses are available for consumption.
Metrics are being invented in the hope they attain mainstream consciousness. ESPN, for example, has tried to cram its new quarterback rating formula down our throats for a year and a half.
But everywhere you look, there are fascinating numbers to mull.
Pro-Football-Reference.com, ProFootballFocus.com, Football Outsiders, AdvancedNFLStats.com, KC Joyner (aka the Football Scientist) and ESPN Stats & Information -- to name a few -- calculate some incredible outside-the-box data based on evaluating game film and crunching numbers that used to suffice at face value.
With that in mind, I'm introducing a new series called "One for bad, two for good" in honor of legendary numbers cruncher Raymond Babbitt.
Every week I'll excavate one bad number and two good numbers for the Buffalo Bills from outside conventional NFL statistics.
Why one bad and two good? Because that was the quote, and with the way Buffalo's season is trending, I figure a bump in positive analysis might be appreciated (although tougher to find).
Let's begin, shall we?
One for bad
* Football Outsiders' chief metric is DVOA, defense-adjusted value over average. Sounds clunky, but it considers every play based on the down-and-distance situation versus a given opponent and determines whether the result of the play was above or below the statistical expectation. Football Outsiders does this for offenses, defenses and special teams.
Buffalo's defensive DVOA ranks 30th in the NFL, allowing 22.2 percent more production than the league average in similar circumstances.
Two for good
* Pro Football Focus tracks yards after contact, "the cumulative number of yards after contact with a defender." Divide that by the amount of carries and C.J. Spiller leads all running backs at 4.7 yards per attempt after a potential tackler reaches him.
Think about that for a moment. Last year's rushing leader, Maurice Jones-Drew, averaged 4.7 yards per carry straight up. So did Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. Arian Foster averaged 4.4 yards a carry.
* Sacks allowed aren't an official NFL stat because it's difficult to assign blame unless you know what every blocker's assignment was supposed to be. But STATS Inc. tallies them up.
By STATS' count, Bills center Eric Wood has not allowed any sacks this year, the only Bills offensive lineman with a clean record. He also has not committed a penalty. Left guard Andy Levitre has allowed half a sack.
October 31, 2012 - 7:43 AM
By Tim Graham
AccuScore's computers give the Buffalo Bills the second-slimmest chance to win in this week's menu of NFL games.
In 10,000 simulations of the matchup, the Bills beat the Houston Texans in Reliant Stadium just 27.9 percent of the time.
The lone lower projection belonged to the Arizona Cardinals, who defeated the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in 16.7 percent of the sims.
The Bills averaged 21.1 points. The Texans averaged 31.0 points.
Texans running back Arian Foster was a simulation superstar against the Bills' suspect defense. He averaged 136 rushing yards and ran for less than triple digits in only 32 percent of the sims. But when he was held under 100 yards, the Bills won 52 percent of the time.
More often, Foster ran for over 150 yards. He did so 38 percent of the time, and the Texans won 91 percent of those games.
Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was pedestrian. On average, he completed 54 percent of his passes, threw 1.5 touchdowns and 1.5 interceptions.
AccuScore still is ahead in forecasting Bills games this year and would have a dominant record had the Tennessee Titans not scored that fourth-and-9 touchdown to win by a point in Week Seven.
AccuScore is 5-2 straight up in Bills games and 4-3 against the spread.
In the updated weekly season forecast, the Bills made the playoffs 14.5 percent of the time and won the AFC East 2.3 percent of the time. The Miami Dolphins went to the playoffs in 50.1 percent of the sims and won the division in 14.3 percent.
The New York Jets returned to the postseason in 10.4 percent and won the AFC East in 1.1 percent. The New England Patriots were at 94.5 percent, 82.3 percent.
October 30, 2012 - 6:34 PM
By Jay Skurski
It's homecoming week for Bills defensive end Mario Williams, who returns to Houston to face his former team on Sunday.
That was a big topic of conversation with Steph Stradley, who blogs about the Texans for the Houston Chronicle. We also talked about the dynamite start to the season for J.J. Watt, how former Bills coach Wade Phillips has been to transform the Houston defense, and some offensive issues for the Texans, like whether receiver Andre Johnson has lost a step.
Some highlights of the conversation are below, while the entire conversation can be found at the bottom of this post.
Question: What type of reaction can Mario Williams expect on Sunday?
Steph Stradley: "I'm afraid it might be a little negative. He never really got off on the right foot with Texans fans in general, mostly because the fans didn't expect him to be picked. Though he has been great at times with the Texans, there were times where they had bad defenses for so many of those years he was with the team. He was injured for part of that time, and he said a few things after he left Houston that don't sit very well with people, so I'm guessing it's not going to be terribly positive."
Q: J.J. Watt has the look of the defensive player of the year. Has he been as dominant game to game as the stats would suggest?
SS: "Very much so, and probably even more than the stats would suggest. I think a case can be made that he might be the MVP of the league. It's kind of a down year for quarterbacks and really, he has done so much for this Texans defense, even with the absence of Brian Cushing in recent weeks. He's doing things at the position that very few people have ever been able to do because it's not a position that is a statistics kind of position. I've never seen anything like it, and he's only in his second year. Last year, he made a difference even without a full training camp. He's a tremendous combination of size and athleticism, and nobody works harder than he does."
Q: How has defensive coordinator Wade Phillips turned the Texans' defense around so quickly, and where are any weaknesses on that side of the ball?
SS: "I think the Wade does is he sees what kind of players he has and works to their strengths. He looks at what opposing offenses do well, and then tries to take that away from them. From a game-plan standpoint, he does a really good job of game-day playcalling, and adjusting to things.
"If there is a weakness of the defense, I would think it's two-fold. One is you sometimes wonder if they sell out too much for the run. They're very aggressive against the run, but sometimes they allow some big runs while they're being aggressive. They don't have a traditional 3-4 nose tackle up front who's a big guy. Sometimes teams can right straight up through the middle of the defense.
"I think the other issue is when they face a good team that runs four wide receivers, if the opposing team is good at that, that can be a bit of test, because it's testing some of your third and fourth quarters.
October 30, 2012 - 4:52 PM
By Jay Skurski
Here's a look at how the Western New Yorkers and University at Buffalo graduates currently playing in the NFL did in Week Eight, and how they've done so far this season. Drop me a line on Twitter (@JaySkurski) if I missed anyone.
James Starks, RB, Green Bay Packers: The Niagara Falls native had one carry for 8 yards and one reception for 9 yards in the Pack's 24-15 win over Jacksonville in Week Eight. For the season, the 26-year-old Starks has six rushes for 19 yards and one reception in two games. He missed the first five games of the year because of a turf toe injury for the 5-3 Packers. Up next: vs. Arizona, 1 p.m. Sunday.
Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots: "Gronk" had a monster game, with eight catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns for the Patriots in a 45-7 win over the St. Louis Rams in London. The 23-year-old Amherst native is having another strong season, with 43 catches for 580 yards and seven TDs. The Pats are on their bye this week.
Doug Worthington, DT, Washington Redskins: The Buffalo native has appeared in two games for Washington this season, making a pair of tackles in Week Four. He's been inactive the past three weeks. Worthington joined the Redskins' active roster from their practice squad prior to Week Three. Up next: vs. Carolina, 1 p.m. Sunday.
Brett Kern, P, Tennessee Titans: Kern punted three times in Week Eight against Indianapolis, for an average of 43.3 yards (net 39.0). The Titans allowed just 13 return yards on those three punts. The Grand Island native continues to have a great season, with a net average of 43.3 yards on 36 punts. Up next: vs. Chicago, 1 p.m. Sunday.
Corey Graham, DB, Baltimore Ravens: The sixth-year pro from Buffalo is in his first season with the Ravens after five with the Chicago Bears. Graham has appeared in all seven games for the 5-2 Ravens, who were on bye in Week Eight. He made three tackles against Houston in Week Seven. Up next: at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Sunday.
Mike Williams, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Buffalo native has started all seven games this season for the Bucs, with 25 catches for 436 yards and four touchdowns. Williams had a strong game in Week Eight on national television against Minnesota, with six catches for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Chris Gronkowski, FB, Denver Broncos: Has appeared in all seven games for the 4-3 Broncos, making his first career catch for Denver in Week Three against Houston. Did not record any statistics in Week Eight's win over New Orleans. Up next: at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Josh Thomas, CB, Carolina Panthers: Made one tackle for the Panthers in a 23-22 loss to Chicago in Week Eight. Thomas has played in all seven games of the season for the 1-6 Panthers, making 10 tackles.
Trevor Scott, LB, New England Patriots: Was inactive in Week Eight with a hamstring injury for the Pats. Has four tackles on the season. On bye this week.
Note: UB graduate Jamey Richard is on injured reserve for the Patriots.
Tim Graham returned to The Buffalo News in 2011 after covering the NFL for three years at ESPN and for one year at the Palm Beach Post. Before that, the Cleveland native spent seven seasons on the Buffalo Sabres beat for The News and was president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
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Government to cap long-term care costs at £75k
by Daniel Grote on Jan 07, 2013 at 07:54
The government is to set the cap on long-term care costs at £75,000, rejecting as too costly the £35,000 level proposed by economist Andrew Dilnot, according to reports.
According to The Sunday Times, chancellor George Osborne (pictured) rejected Dilnot's proposed cap, contained in a government-commissioned report into long-term care funding, due to the £1.7 billion annual costs.
A £75,000 cap will cost the government around £700 million a year. The cap would not cover the cost of paying for accommodation or food.
The government will set out its long-term care plans in its mid-term review, to launched this afternoon, together with its state pension reforms.
23 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Jan 07, 2013 at 08:17
If it doesn't cover accommodation or food........what exactly does it cover? Those 2 are the largest costs!
More spin!report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 08:24
Grant, it covers the cost of red tape and bureaucracy!report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 08:27
Not more spin Grant, but in line with the Dilnot Report, which actually helped to make the distinction between actual care costs and "hotel" costs clearer.
This is quite an easy concept to grasp in my opinion if you consider the comparison between someone who goes into residential care and someone who elects to receive care at home. Why should the first person have all their costs paid for, including all food, heating, lighting, and accomodation, when the second person still has to pay those costs out of their income?
Restricting the cap to care costs only places both of the above parties on an equal footing.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 08:46
If this becomes reality it could well lead to a ressurection of the market for LTC insurance, because people would know what they need to insure for.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 08:47
Hi Kevin
I get the point, but my parents were taken from their home and put in care against their wishes. Per naps a better phrase for hotel costs would be detention costs!
Also no care home breaks down the hotel costs against the care costs, so how do you assess the liability? Also what stops them from hiding one cost in the other?
If we are prepared to spend £50k a year on keeping someone in prison, this still doesn't seem equitable.
......but I get your point. Believe me your outlook will change when this happens to your family.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 09:08
This is a proposal at this stage. Let us see the detail in the legislation.
£75,000 would seem to be the figure this week. I wonder what it will be next week and in five years time.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 09:09
Hi you need to be aware that there is a big difference between nursing home care and residential care in terms of staffing costs as you need fully qualified nurses in a nursing homereport this
Jan 07, 2013 at 09:11
Regardless of where the cap is set, clients will still need advice in this area, and it is a rapidly increasing need.
The main thing to take from this is that nothing is yet set in stone, therefore if clients or their parents need to consider long term care fees, then the advice path still needs to look at the legislation that is in place now.
Although there are no insurance products for future funding, there are still products out there for securing care fees now.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 09:52
I still don't understand why the government refuses to countenance the idea of allowing tax relief on premiums to LTC insurance policies, given that 20% of premiums of, say, £200m p.a. is hugely less even than £700m p.a. Plus, of course, a private sector solution would relieve the public sector of a lot of administration and generate all sorts of knock-on tax revenues such as corporation tax, income tax, NIC. Time and time again, private sector solutions have been shown to be vastly more efficient and cost-effective than public sector ones.
But then what is so obvious and logical to those in the private sector so often seems to be beyond the capacity of those in the public sector to grasp.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 09:59
whilst you are correct, in reality the cost of the nursing eliment is already covered( paid by Gov, or at least part covered) by the registered nursing care contribution or in some cases the NHSreport this
Jan 07, 2013 at 10:41
Nursing costs are paid by the NHS at the moment. The new proposals won't cover accommodation and food. What else would you rack up a bill of <£75K on then?report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 11:02
Another missed opportunity by this timid government. I wish some of them had some balls, bring back Tarzan.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 14:06
@ Grant
It already has - twice!
The first care fees funding plan on which I advised was in respect of the mother of my brother-in-law who I knew quite well. Going into care was absolutely the right choice for her as it gave her a new lease of life whereas staying at home would probably have seen her die within a short space of time.
The second occurrence was in respect of my father, who was cared for at home for a number of years by a combination of my mother, family, and outside agencies when he could have easily gone into a care home. Again it was absolutely the right choice for him (and us).
I am sorry that your own personal experiences has left you bitter, but please do not make snapshot judgements of others on this basis.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 14:16
@ Julian
I know you have made the same argument on a number of occasions whenthe topic of care fees funding has arisen, but I am afraid that the argument you make is far from logical and clear cut.
There have in the past been pre-funded LTC products, and they have spectacularly failed to take off. In addition, the plans that have been sold have performed extremely poorly for both the companies that launched them and many of the clients who took them out.
The main reasons for these poor outcomes have been that for the most part the insurance companies were selected against. Take out the fact that a large part of the market has no need of any type of plan because their assets are at a low enough level that the State will pick-up their care costs; and take into account the fact that only 1 in 4 people aged 65 will require care, and you end up with most of those taking out Plans being those who anticipate that they will need care at some point because of family history or existing medical conditions.
Just providing tax relief on the premiums will not resolve this conundrum; what is needed is for insurance companies to have some degree of confidence that enough people who will never claim will take out plans to enable the pooling of risk to work.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 14:25
my appologies for making assumptions.
this is all a little raw for us as they were picked up by social services only a few weeks ago and we didn't even find out until a few days later....we thought their phone was broken.
we are now struggling to afford care fees of £2,000/week for the 2 of them as we haven't yet had a chance to sell the house and the county council is dragging its feet on the deferred payment side.
all a bit of a nightmare!
any thoughts on this, from your experience, would be appreciated. although, i suspect that they will end up paying until the estate is down to the £23k each as these rules don't come in for a while anyway and they didn't have much to start with!
all rather sad and frustrating for them as well as us.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 15:27
Insurance company,s pooling risk ? in the days of integrity perhaps.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 16:40
Grant, how refreshing to see someone apologising for making assumptions and being polite on a forum. Sorry to hear about your family. There is an excellent lawyer who specialises in this area; Jon Wilkey of Gwyn James in Cinderford who may be able to help you or point you in the right direction on this.
It is so difficult to advise when there are such large regional variations in the interpretation of the rules for care. I do hope this will improve in the future, people need to be able to plan with certainty in their financial lives.report this
Jan 07, 2013 at 19:51
To Kevin Neil ~ I'm not quite sure what you mean by pre-funded LTC products.........that have performed extremely poorly. Pre-funded LTC products (as I understand them) are quite different from pure LTC insurance plans, the latter containing no element of investment.
I can understand that the people most likely to be attracted to LTC insurance plans will always be those who consider themselves most likely to claim, but is this so very different from people wanting any type of insurance cover? If you're a sub-standard risk, the underwriter/s will simply apply a hefty loading or reject the application ~ that's the way insurance works in any field.
The problem, as I see it, is that the very idea of having to go into expensive LTC is a spectre with which people simply don't want to engage until it's too late and it's that type of mindset that needs to be changed.
Some years ago Aviva embarked on a push into the LTC insurance market and staged a series of presentations nationwide that many IFA's, myself included, found very persuasive. Aviva offered to co-host presentations to invited clients but nobody turned up. For people who were invited to those presentations but chose to ignored the invitation and then found themselves having to sell their homes, I have little sympathy. Insuring against the ravages of LTC costs isn't something that should be confined just to the person/s at risk ~ it should be a family matter. Paying £100 p.m. for 10 years to protect an asset (the parents' home) worth perhaps £400,000 is a pretty sound investment proposition whichever way you cut it.
Opting to do nothing is a stupid choice and the incentive of tax relief on premiums to LTC insurance policies would surely encourage a lot more people to think again. Why should the rest of us be forced to pick up the tab for families who could but aren't prepared to plan ahead? LTC insurance can never be cheap but, with the aid of tax relief, could at least be affordable if approached as a family issue before it becomes a problem just around the corner.report this
Jan 08, 2013 at 09:28
I don't think it would encourage a lot more people to think again. The fundamental problems are: -
1. A large part of the elderly population has no need for it, as they have few / no assets and will always have to rely on the State to provide.
2. A large number with assets will not be able to afford the premiums; your example of £100 pm is £2,400 per annum for a couple, or 10% of income if theirs is £24,000. I advise quite a few elderly clients in or at retirement and the majority of those comprising the "squeezed middle" with enough in assets to be put at risk do not have incomes at this level.
3. £100pm would produce total premiums of £24,000 over 20 years, not even enough to cover one year's residential care fees today. I just do not think these numbers stack up.
4. A lot of those wealthy enough to be able to afford the premiums would prefer to take their chances as there is a 3 in 4 probability of not needing care, and if they do, they will have a lot more idea of what the potential funding need will be and where best to receive their care.
For all these reasons I don't think the market is large enough and also, in the current climate the idea of potentially spending more hundreds of millions of pounds on tax relief for an uncertain product solution is a non-starter.report this
Jan 08, 2013 at 09:34
@ Grant
I would back Saran's comment regarding Jon Wilkey of Gwyn James - he is very knowledgable in this area.
With regard to advice options on paying for care and other associated matters I am a member of Symponia, a national network of specialist care fees advisers. The website is www.symponia.co.uk. Their is a useful handbook covering the whole range of issues associated with long-term care that you can download (or request a hard copy) as well as a Directory of adviser members, so you can have a look at the members local to you and make contact. We all offer a free introductory meeting, so please take a look.
I hope you are able to resolve the problems you and your family are facing and get Social Services to treat you all respectfully and responsibly. Good luck!report this
Jan 08, 2013 at 10:17
Kevin- your arguments could apply equally to PHI or indeed any type of insurance. Most people don't make a claim on their insurance policies. When pre-funded was availablein the 90's I used to sell quite a few and to the right people they were invaluable.report this
Jan 09, 2013 at 10:25
To address in order the points made by Kevin Neil:-
1. Those who can't afford the costs of LTC or even to insure against them and who don't have assets that would be subject to forced sale to fund them aren't relevant to this discussion. Those people will automatically become a burden on the State and there's nothing that can be done about that. The issue is about people forced to liquidate their investments and/or sell their home.
2. The squeezed middle as you call them may not be able to afford £100 p.m. to pay for an LTC insurance plan, but their families might well be able to, effectively to insure their inheritance. It might well be a complete waste of money, but then so is any insurance against which no claim is ever made.
3. £24,000 would be the premiums paid, not the cover provided.
4. If those who could afford premiums of £100 p.m. to safeguard assets they hope to pass on to the next generation choose not to do so and then lose those assets, in full or in part, as a result of having to go into care, that's their look-out. All I'm saying is that they should be given the choice and the incentive of tax relief to encourage them to consider it.
Maybe 3 out of 4 people don't need care (I anticipate this may fall to 2 out of 3 before too much longer), but there's a lot of angst on the part of the families of those who do have to go into care and who see their hoped-for inheritance ravaged by LTC costs. My point is that the government should at least consider the vastly less costly option of tax relief on premiums to LTC insurance plans instead of going straight for the Dilnot option at a cost somewhere between £700m and £1.7Bn annually. If there's virtually no take up of the former, then the government can at least say it tried to incentivise families (not just individuals) to insure against the risk and it won't have cost much to find out whether or not that route works. In addition to the knock-on benefit of increased tax revenues from a private sector solution, there would also be a reduction in the resources of the Social Services that are presently allocated to the problem. Put all those things together and the cost to the Exchequer of the tax relief route could be offset by as much as half.report this
Jan 10, 2013 at 09:05
I really don't see the problem here. As has already been mentioned, those who cannot afford care costs will be funded by the State. Those who have in excess of £23,250 will have to fund it themselves (subject to a cap of £75,000). Ok the £75,000 cap does not include residential costs etc which is the vast majority of the care element but its still better than the current situation. There are also various disregards on family homes etc when someone still resides there so the family home is safe in some cases.
The argument is used too often that "my parents worked hard for their assets and they are going to lose out due to the costs of care". 2 point on this:
1. In the vast majority of cases, people's main asset is their home. They have not worked escially hard for this (no more than most). They have very likely been part of a generation who have invested buttons in a house and seen it rise an extraordinary multiple, not through hard work, but purley due to luck (rising prioperty prices).
2. I do not see how these individuals are going to lose out. They pay rent for the accomodation. When they can't afford the rent, the State pay. The only people that will lose out are those who are due to inherit. They are usually the ones making all the noise and they most certainly haven't worked hard for it.
This doesn't account for all but worth conisdering in the moral context. The standard of care is another issue and I sympathise with this issue (having experienced it myself).
Oh and what is the alternative? Increase, tax rates to 25, 50 and 55%?
And more importantly from a professional point of view (given that most of us here I guess are financial advisers), what an amazing opportunity to give advice!report this
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ALBANY -- The Albany Tech Lady Titans are 2-1 in their first basketball season, but coach Kenneth Williams is keeping the success in perspective.
During convincing wins against West Georgia Tech (105-49) on Saturday for the program's first victory and then against East Georgia (82-36) on Monday, Williams did not stress contentment.
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The Cavaliers, in their second year as an official team, are ranked ninth among NJCAA non-scholarship teams for the first time.
"It's big for us and it shows we are going in the right direction and the kids are doing the right things," Darton wrestling coach Josh Watts said. "Hopefully we can continue going in that direction."
Darton also beat the University of Central Florida's club team for the first time, 19-15, Friday. Luis Ponce (125), Branden James (141), James Bennett (149), Marcus Allen (157) and Kafuba Donzon (165) won matches during that team victory. In the UCF Open on Saturday, Bennett and Donzon finished first. Four other Darton wrestlers (Nigel Rocke, 125, Trevor Bailey, 133; Terry Orange, 149 and Andrew Ewers at 197) finished second in that tournament.
Darton's next match is Thursday in Atlanta against Limestone (S.C.).
The Albany State men, who last won the SIAC Tournament Championship in 2007, was picked to finish this season fifth by the coaches, and guard Sean Glenn was named to the preseason All-Conference Second Team. Last season, Glenn averaged 11.1 points and was third in the conference with a 4.5 assist average for the Rams, who finished, 13-15.
The Lady Rams, who last won the conference tourney in 1998 and finished last season, 12-17, were also picked to finish fifth. No Albany State women's player received preseason SIAC honors.
The men and women's teams recently finished third in a meet hosted by Emory. The Lady Cavaliers, who accumulated 154 points, were fourth and seventh in the 200 free relay, and then fourth and sixth in the 400 medley relay. The men, who finished with 243 points, were led by Zach Lopez, who was 19th in the 200 individual medley and fifth in the 50 free. Darton's men also finished fourth and fifth in the 200 free relay and claimed third-through-fifth-place finishes in the 400 medley relay.
Darton hosts a meet at 3:45 p.m. Saturday against Savannah College of Art & Design.
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- COLLEGE HOOPS ROUNDUP: Lady Jets edge region rival Lady Cavs, 61-57, in OT; Albany Tech women move to 7-0, men win third in a row ( December 10, 2011 )
- Darton women sweep season series vs. Albany Tech ( February 13, 2013 )
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Here's what Bills receiver Lee Evans said today about the Bills' quarterback change from Trent Edwards to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Evans said he likes what Fitzpatrick brings to the offense and made it clear he thinks Fitzpatrick plays with a more instinctive style.
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Your reaction to the QB change? Obviously things weren't moving the way we expected them to. So they felt like they had to make a change. I think it's one of those things where we know what we have offensively and we're trying to get there. The coaches are doing whatever they can to help us get there. They felt like this move was the key to doing it. I guess better early than late. We still have a chance to do a lot of good things and we've got a big one this week.
What do you think of what Fitz brings to the table? It's completely different than Trent. Just a completely different quarterback. He does thing that sometimes you may not advise. But he just plays. He just sees the game and he plays. He's very witty and just plays. With that, you have a chance.
So he'll freelance more than Trent? He'll freelance a little bit more. He's not afraid to get in the huddle and trust what he's seeing. Or tell somebody to do something else. However he feels it. He has a good feel for the game. He's played under some very good quarterbacks in this league that he's learned from. That's just part of his game.
Does it help knowing you guys won five games last year with him? Absolutely. He's no stranger to us. We know who he is, we know what he likes to do. At all times you just gotta be ready because he just plays and gives you a shot.
Can you give an example of doing something you might not advise? Against certain coverages sometimes he feels like he can fit a ball in and he'll try. Its basically just that simple. He just feels the game and reacts off instinct.
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Local investigators made an arrest this week in at least 12 home burglaries involving copper theft.
A suspect, Barrett Milner Jr., has been charged with three counts of burglary and other charges are pending. Investigators from the Milledgeville Police Department and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office worked collaboratively on the recent rash of residential burglaries where a suspect or suspects stripped several homes of electrical wiring. At least two of the homes that were hit are located on the south side of town, according to Maj. Reggie Hill with MPD.
Police believed the suspect took the stolen wiring to local recycling businesses to sell; however, new state legislation that gives law enforcement access that aids in tracking scrap metal transactions benefited the investigation.
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The Eagles announced Monday that they have traded FB Charles Scott to the Cardinals for CB Jorrick Calvin, a swap of 2010 sixth-round draft picks.
Eagles excited about TE Harbor's potential
One of the standouts of the Eagles' impressive draft class has been TE Clay Harbor, who was somewhat of an unknown coming into the NFL from Missouri State.
Eagles starters Jackson, Cole leave game with injuries
WR DeSean Jackson and DE Trent Cole both left Friday night's preseason game against the Chiefs because of injury.
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Chiefs rookie LB Cameron Sheffield was carted off the field Friday night with a neck injury after a helmet-to-helmet hit with Eagles RB Mike Bell.
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Eagles TE Cornelius Ingram had a Baker's cyst drained from the back of his left knee and calf on Thursday and will miss Friday's preseason game against the Chiefs.
49ers land RB Westbrook
The 49ers signed veteran RB Brian Westbrook to a one-year deal, creating one of the league's top backfields.
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The Eagles are trying to downplay the big strides being made by first-round DE Brandon Graham in training camp, says "NFC Whispers," but he'll soon crack the starting lineup.
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The Eagles are known as one of the hardest-hitting teams in training camp, but even they had to hold back LB Ernie Sims, who appears to be on a mission to prove his doubters wrong.
Eagles add TE Lawrie, drop Rucker
The Eagles announced Monday that they have signed TE Nate Lawrie. To make room for him on the 80-man roster, the team released TE Martin Rucker.
It's official: League won't suspend Vick
The NFL will not suspend Michael Vick as a result of a shooting that occurred at his 30th birthday party June 25. Word that the league wouldn't punish the Eagles' quarterback surfaced more than a week ago, but the ...
Maclin suffers bone bruise in knee
Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin suffered a bone bruise in his left knee during afternoon workouts Tuesday but no ligament damage, CSNPhilly.com reported, citing a league source.
Eagles sign ex-Ravens WR Washington
The Eagles have come to terms with unrestricted free-agent WR Kelley Washington, an eighth-year veteran who is coming off his most productive season.
Broncos trade Arrington to Eagles for Mays
The Eagles and Broncos made a trade Friday night, sending LB Joe Mays to Denver and RB-RS J.J. Arrington to Philadelphia.
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To find out what financial aid might be available to you, contact the Student Financial Aid Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.kent.edu/financialaid. Many graduate programs offer one of three types of graduate assistantships: administrative, teaching or research. Most assistantships are awarded to doctoral students, and some programs fund 100% of their graduate students while others do not. These competitive awards typically provide compensation in the form of a full tuition waiver in addition to a monthly stipend for 10-20 hours of work per week. Students should first inquire through their academic program regarding the availability of assistantships; however, other available assistantships and campus jobs are posted through Career Services at experience.kent.edu. For more information on the role and status of graduate appointees, click here. To access the graduate assistantship application (teaching and research), click here.
What is a graduate assistantship?
Assistantships provide students with training and valuable professional experience in higher education work environments. Assistantship duties should not interfere unduly with academic studies, but rather should contribute to students' intellectual growth and degree goals.
Assistantships are considered primarily as a form of financial aid to help both Ohio students and out-of-state students complete graduate school. Compensation may include a stipend, tuition remission and subsidized health insurance.
All assistantships include a stipend, which is intended to help defray the costs of housing, food and transportation. A stipend is a fixed sum of money that is not necessarily based on work performed or hours of work. It is paid on a semimonthly basis (15th day and last day of each month), and is subject to applicable state, federal and local taxes. Stipend amounts vary by discipline and program, as well as by type of assistantship.
Assistantships may include a full or partial tuition remission. Tuition remission does not cover the cost of various fees attached to tuition. A student who receives tuition remission only (no stipend) does not have a service commitment. Such a student, however, must be enrolled full-time (i.e., at least eight credit hours per semester) in a specific degree program.
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Research Assistantship (RA)
Research assistants work in laboratories and other settings to assist faculty on research projects. Duties vary by discipline and program, but generally include data collection, entry, and analysis; attending conferences to present results; and training and supervising less experienced research personnel. Research assistantships are generally funded by institutions external to KSU (e.g., Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation).
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A full-time assistantship appointment is for a maximum of 50% time (approximately 20 hours of work per week), and a half-time assistantship appointment is for a maximum of 25% time (approximately 10 hours of work per week). A student may hold two half-time assistantships to total no more than 50% time. The remainder of a student's time is typically spent in making progress toward degree completion. Assistantships for more than 50% time, or two concurrent assistantships totaling more than 50% time, require the prior approval of the student's advisor, the department chair/school director, the dean of the college and the dean of the graduate school. Note: international students may not work more than 20 hours per week.
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RALEIGH — Taking advantage of six South Granville errors, West Stanly rallied from three runs down and claimed the NCHSAA 2A softball championship with a 4-3 victory.
Walker Barbee's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth, only the Colts' second hit of the day, drove in Macey Webb and Brennan Broadaway with the tying and wining runs as the Colts swept the Vikings in the best-of-three series on Field No. 4 of the Walnut Creek Softball Complex.
The rally from a 3-0 deficit marked the second time in the series for West Stanly, which rallied from a similar deficit in an 8-5 victory Friday night.
Webb and Broadway had opened the inning reaching on errors on the left side of the Vikings' infield, but after a sensational catch at the fence by centerfielder Savannah Tilley followed by a strikeout, appeared to be stranded.
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The Colts28-4), drew within 3-2 in the fourth inning on a lead-off single from Maddie Brown, who moved to second when Alison Swaringen reached on an error.
Brown eventually scored an a wild pitch, and Swaringen on an error of Webb grounder.
"I told the girls to go out, play the game and try to have fun," said Colts coach Wesley Kidd. "If you don't, then you are going to get tense.
"We had to battle through their early scoring, and when we started our rallies, and it put pressure on them (Vikings)."
South Granville, which entered the championship series with a 24-1 record and riding an 18-game winning streak, came out aggressively in the first three innings, scoring one run in each for its 3-0 lead.
"I hate this for our seniors, because they worked so hard all year," Vikings coach Jack Day said. "If it works out, it works out.
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Tilley was the only batter to have multiple hits, going 2-for-3.
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Officials are planning a dramatic conversion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to all electronic tolling with no more toll plazas or cash payments in about five years.
Turnpike Commission officials told state lawmakers that the project is the most ambitious of its kind in the nation.
Instead of driving through toll plazas, vehicles will pass beneath sensors that will automatically deduct tolls from E-Z Pass accounts or photograph license plates so a bill can be sent to the owner.
In July, the commission hired a contractor—HNTB Corp., a Missouri company with five offices including one in Harrisburg—to move forward with the plans to convert to an all-electronic tolling system that would eliminate the use of cash along the 545-mile route, according to a Pennlive.com report.
It costs more than $67 million a year to staff toll plazas and that cost is projected to rise to $77 million by 2014.
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Subscriptions to the Artist Recital Series and individual tickets for all other events are available now. Individual tickets for the Artist Recital Series go on sale Monday, September 16.
Beginning September 1, use Oberlin's online ticketing service to purchase individual tickets for select events.
Call Central Ticket Service (CTS): 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178.
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Download and Mail the completed contact information and ticket order forms together with payment to:
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Tickets for Yo-Yo Ma's November 20 performance at Finney Chapel are sold out.
Individual tickets for all other Artist Recital Series concerts, as well as prorated season ticket packages, are still available through Central Ticket Service, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium. Season tickets can be purchased by phone at 440-775-8169 or in person between noon and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Subscriptions for Artist Recital Series (ARS) and Opera: Available now. ARS tickets purchased at the door will be $3 more.
All Single Tickets: Available September 16
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- Oberlin students, faculty, staff, and alumni: Distribution of two free tickets will be available beginning at noon on Friday, September 13. You must pick up free tickets in person from Central Ticket Service in Hall Auditorium; Oberlin College ID required.
- General public: Limited free tickets will be available to the general public (non-OCID holders) prior to September 10. To receive tickets—two per household—by mail, you must send a self-addressed stamped envelope before September 13, along with your request to:
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Senior discount available for those age 55 and over. OCID discount available for Oberlin College faculty, staff, alumni, and area educators. Student discount applies to all students with ID and children 6 and older.
Subscribe to the ARS and Opera and save!
New ARS subscribers (non-students): Buy one subscription and get the second subscription for FREE. Offer ends Friday, September 13. Offer also extends to past subscribers who have allowed their subscriptions to lapse at least five years.
Experience all the Artist Recital Series has to offer, and save about 25 percent off single ticket prices. Become a subscriber and enjoy:
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Students: $70 ($91 value)
Opera suscriptions
General Public: $22 ($30 value)
Seniors/OCID: $15 ($20 value)
Students: $8 ($12 value)
Returning ARS subscribers: You must renew by Monday, September 9, to retain last season's seats. Please call or visit the box office to renew your subscriptions. Subscriptions are unavailable online.
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Free your hands, time and mind. With the The Utilitarian you can clip it, prop it, access it, view it, find it and protect it.Starting at: $29.99
Case with kickstand + holster for iPhone 4/4S
With the Case with kickstand + holster you can protect it, clip it, find it, access it, prop it and view it.Starting at: $19.99
Car Charger with USB port for iPhone 4/4S - 10W
Let the Car Charger conveniently charges your iPhone 4/4S and another USB device on the goStarting at: $24.99
Charge-Sync Cable for iPhone 4/4S & iPad
When your device is on its last battery bar, these sure come in handy. Works with USB car or wall chargers to help keep you connected.$14.99
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