Feb. 19, 2018

#060: Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?

#060: Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?

Should I buy long-term care insurance? Should I keep the long-term care insurance I already have? These are important questions, and there are no easy answers. Long-term care is expensive, but long-term care insurance is also expensive. When you start...

Should I buy long-term care insurance? Should I keep the long-term care insurance I already have? These are important questions, and there are no easy answers. Long-term care is expensive, but long-term care insurance is also expensive. When you start looking at some of the statistics, it can get scary. But thankfully, the statistics don’t show the whole picture. Once you consider all the issues and factors, the big question is managing the risk of needing financial assistance with long-term care vs. how much it is going to cost to manage the risk. There are three ways to pay for long-term care: 1) Self-funding through personal assets 2) Through access to government benefits, either VA benefits or Medicaid 3) Long-term care insurance For more information, visit the show notes at http://www.bigpictureretirement.net/060