LONG TERM CARE
LONG-TERM CARE
What is it?
Long-term care insurance helps you pay for your extended medical needs in a nursing home facility or in the comfort of your own home.
Who needs it?
Long-term care insurance should be an important part of every family’s planning. While we’d like to think that we will never need long-term care, or that we could easily afford it the statistics suggest otherwise:
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70 percent of people over age 65 will need some type of long-term care services during their lifetime.
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3 years is the average duration of long-term care needed per individual.
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$91,250 is the average annual cost of private nursing home care.
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$80,300 is the average annual cost of at-home nursing care.
Traditional medical insurance programs and government medical insurance programs don’t usually provide enough help. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare only pays for long-term care services for a maximum of 100 days, with a copay after the 20th day, and only if you meet certain criteria. Medicaid does pay for long-term care, but only if your income is below a certain level, and you meet state requirements.
AFTER ALL, RETIREMENT IS THE LONGEST VACATION OF Y OUR LIFE.
The problem is 57% of American workers have saved less than $25k for retirment, and 28% have saved less than $1,000.
ARE YOU PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT LIKE YOU PLAN FOR VACATION?
There are solutions that will help you protect your life, your retirement, and your legacy.
Take the fear and unknown out of the equation and put retirement securely within your reach.