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Long term care is the type of care you need when you are not able to care for yourself, and it includes both institutional, home, and community-based care services. Long term care insurance can help guard your independence, and personal and financial security by providing benefits that pay for a variety of long term care services.
Why should I buy long term care insurance?
- Contrary to popular belief, Medicare, group medical plans, HMOs, or other health insurance policies generally provide little or no coverage for long term care expenses.
- The need for long term care insurance can be experienced at any age. People between the ages of 18 and 64 make up 40% of the people needing long term care services. Anyone can be incapacitated by a motor vehicle accident, a stroke, heart disease, or chronic illness.
- The average cost for nursing home in New York is approximately $10,000 per month or $120,000 per year. In Palm Beach County Florida the average monthly cost for Long Term Care is $8,000 or $96,000 per year. The financial goals of most people may not leave adequate savings to pay for long term care.
- 70% of single people and 50% of couples with one partner in a nursing home end up impoverished within one year. (Business & Health, January 1997)
Tax advantages
Federal legislation became effective on January 1, 1997, which provides that:
- Premiums paid for Qualified Long Term Care Insurance may be deductible as a medical expense for Federal income tax purposes.
- Benefits received from Qualified Long Term Care Insurance Policies are not subject to Federal income taxation.
Applying For Coverage
- You are eligible to apply of you are age 40-79 (18-79 in Pennsylvania).
- You should disclose all health conditions on your application.
- If you are age 55 or older, or have certain medical conditions, a physician's report will be requested.
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