Long term care insurance is designed to provide you help with assisted living care and home care due to a long term illness or long term disability.
A lot of people feel if they are "well off" financially presently, that there is no need to set money back for a long term illness or disability. Here is the catch: Some Medicaid may be available to help pay for a long term illness or disability if you qualify. But if you have a large amount of income or assets you may not qualify for Medicaid assistance. On the other hand, if you are not financially prepared for a long term illness or disability it can be even more devastating.
It is easy to see why people of all incomes can benefit from long term care insurance. Learn more about LTC insurance at Considering Long Term Care Insurance
Who should own long term care insurance is a tough question. I think it makes more sense for a married couple to own a policy, rather than a single person. If a single person uses all of his/her savings/income to pay for care, that’s not so bad. If, on the other hand, a spouse requires care and uses up a significant portion of the couple’s savings and/or income, the healthy spouse would have quite a burden to bare: both emotionally and financially.
I found this website to be very helpful:
http://www.ltcinsuranceshopper.com/
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Who should own long term care insurance is a tough question. I think it makes more sense for a married couple to own a policy, rather than a single person. If a single person uses all of his/her savings/income to pay for care, that’s not so bad. If, on the other hand, a spouse requires care and uses up a significant portion of the couple’s savings and/or income, the healthy spouse would have quite a burden to bare: both emotionally and financially.
I found this website to be very helpful:
http://www.ltcinsuranceshopper.com/
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