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What Long Term Care Costs Where You Live
Survey results from a new study conclude that long term care costs in several categories have risen faster than inflation over the past year. At the same time, long term care insurance options are getting more complicated and expensive. The 2012 long term care study provides the local cost for home healthcare, assisted living, and […]
The Unaffordability of Long Term Care
A recent study by the AARP Public Policy Institute concludes that the likelihood of needing long term care in retirement poses a significant challenge for most households. The cost of long term care has risen each of the past five years with annual costs of $40,000-$80,000 that would financially devastate many American families. Since most […]
Long-Term Care: New Fixes
As long-term-care insurance gets costlier and harder to find, insurers are rolling out other options. We weigh the pros and cons. As long-term-care insurance grows increasingly expensive and harder to get, insurers are stepping into the breach with new life policies and annuities that pay out long-term-care benefits during one’s lifetime. But the new products […]
Is long-term care insurance worth the price?
People are living longer and using more benefits than anticipated. Policies are getting pricier, so does it still make sense to buy long term care insurance? READ MORE
Long-Term-Care Rate Hikes Loom
Policyholders were stunned when insurer John Hancock announced in September that it would ask state regulators for permission to boost premiums on many of its long-term-care policies by an average of 40%. Learn why long term care insurance is still the best way to protect yourself despite proposed premium increases. READ MORE
