Tag: long term care

Long term care insurance applications of boomers rejected

G. Turner
Long Term Care Insurance

Applicants for the coverage are experiencing a notable downtrend in their acceptance by insurers. The industry has noted a striking trend in the long term care insurance sector, in which applicants for the coverage – particularly in the baby boomer age group – have not been able to purchase the policies because they have been rejected by their insurers. These consumers are being told that LTC coverage is important to their future planning but cannot buy it. According to the data that has just been released by LTC Tree, insurers…

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Long term care insurance not a high priority for many in the US

Julie Campbell
Long Term Care Insurance

New research has shown that the coverage and other preparations for LTC is not a top concern. According to the results of a new poll, which looked into the way that people aged 40 and higher are making preparations for their future aging needs, the trend is that few are making a high priority of taking out long term care insurance and making other preparations to pay for the costly assistance that they may one day need. Two thirds of the participants in the study said that they had planned…

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Life insurance often considered long term care coverage alternative in Maine

H. Cutner
Elderly selling their life insurance to get pay out

A new bill in the state could offer consumers a more affordable form of LTC coverage. Seniors living in Maine and who are reliant on the MaineCare program, which is currently strained for cash, may find that a new opportunity is opening up to help them to obtain long term care coverage – which is traditionally quite expensive – through life insurance policies, should lawmakers decide to pass a new bill. This bill does have a notable amount of support already and is currently under debate in the Legislature. The…

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Long term care insurance to take some pressure from Medicaid and Medicare

Long Term Care insurance Costs

These expenses could start to threaten these healthcare programs if the coverage doesn’t take off. The latest reports about the number of people who are purchasing long term care insurance are revealing that if this trend continues, it could end up leading to a considerable amount of strain on the Medicaid and Medicare programs than they have faced in the past. Many parts of the country see expenses greater than $100,000 per person for these services. As this level of cost can rapidly deplete a family’s finances, it can rapidly…

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Long term care insurance customers prefer home care

G. Turner
long term care insurance trends

Research has shown that this is the preferred way to use the benefits when it is possible. When it comes to the buyers and users of long term care insurance policies, studies are showing that the benefits are primarily being used for home care as opposed to residence in a nursing home or other form of assisted living facility. It is the type of coverage that people don’t like to think about and that they hesitate to buy. However, among those who do buy it, certain trends are being identified…

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