Tag archive for ‘Long-Term Care Insurance’
Pros and Cons of Long Term Care Insurance
Is Long Term Care Insurance part of your retirement plan ? This helpful article from the Over 50 Website lists for us the real reasons why this type of insurance may work for some family budgets and not others.
Preparing for the High Cost of Long-Term Care
This blog from First Aid Nurse discusses how after surveying 1,456 people over age 45, very few individuals came close to estimating the true cost of long-term care. How much do you think long-term care premiums cost ?
Sebelius praises CLASS Act
This article from McKnight’s Long-Term Care News outlines the Senate proposal to create a national long-term care disability insurance program.
How Can Long Term Care Insurance keep up with Inflation ?
In order to keep up with rising health care costs, it is important to purchase an inflation protection rider for your long-term care insurance policy. This will help to insure that your health benefits will raise throughout time. This article from Information About Now.
Make a Gift of Long-Term Care
Parents worry about their children and they also worry about the posiblilty of one day becoming a burden on their children as they grow older. Here is an article from The Chicago Sun-Times that discusses what steps you can take to purchase a long-term care policy for your parents.
LTC A Key Part of Retirement Planning
Discussing the high cost of long-term care for seniors will be a crucial part of the debate for health-care reform in congress. In 2008 the average yearly cost for a private nursing home was $76,285 this according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read this article from Financial Advisor to learn more.
LTC123: Caregiver Spouses
Couples need to plan ahead for each others long-term care. Learn about the different long-term care insurance options from an article written by columnist Marilee Driscoll.
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