What you didn’t know about long-term care insurance

You’ve heard the rumblings….health care reform….Medicare misery…and the expected senior care upheaval of the boomer generation, the so called “silver tsunami”. Perhaps now is the time to take a second look at a long-term care insurance policy. What you might not have known is that long-term care insurance does often cover the cost of in-home care services. In fact, policies are now more flexible than ever. Take a look at this informative article on today’s long-term insurance policies in Forbes.

And with taxes coming due soon, did you know you could deduct a portion of the cost of that long term care insurance?  Recently, LTC Financial Partners, a long-term care insurance agency, noted that consumers can get a break in their federal taxes if they pay for long-term care insurance. The amount they can get depends on a person’s age. View the article here.

To learn more about long-term care planning, view these resources.

 

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