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Long Term Care
Insurance
How would you survive financially in the event of an extended disability?
Some Facts:
- The national average for nursing
home care is around $56,000 per year.
[1]
- Nearly 43% of Americans over 65 will
spend time in a nursing home at some point. [2]
- Many people think Medicare or
Medicaid pays for long term care insurance.
- The Health Insurance Portability and
Accounting Act of 1996 made it clear that individuals are
responsible for their own long term care. Tax incentives
were created for the purchase of plans that qualify.
- Nursing home care costs are
increasing faster than the rate of inflation (nursing home
care up 6.7% annually vs. 4.5% inflation). Without long term
care coverage, what will happen to your assets?[3]
- State assistance through Medicaid
isn’t available until a patient spends his or her assets
down to $2,000 or less and has a low income.[4]
- The younger you are when you purchase, the lower your
premium will be. We have options for people who usually
cannot pass underwriting guidelines.
You may want to consider long
term care insurance if:
- You have moderate to significant
assets and/or income you want to protect.
- You want to stay independent of the
support of others.
- You want to have some say about
where you live as you age.
- You want to pay for your own care.
To learn more about how Long Term Care Insurance can
protect your assets please submit a quote request:
[1] Fort Collins
Coloradoan 2/12/01 p. D6 [2] Time Magazine 8/99 [3] Bureau of
Labor Statistics Volume 1 No. 2 [4] A Shopper’s Guide to Long
Term Care Insurance, National Association of Insurance
Commissioners 1999
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