Few people are prepared to handle the financial burden of long-term health care. In fact, many people have a false sense of security when it comes to long-term care. Let’s separate fact from fiction:<\/p>\n
\u201cMedicare and my Medicare supplement policy will cover it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt won\u2019t happen to me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n FACTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI can afford it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n FACTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf I can\u2019t afford it, I\u2019ll go on Medicaid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n FACTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n Whether purchased for yourself, your spouse or for an aging parent, long-term care insurance can help protect assets accumulated over a lifetime from the ravages of long-term care costs.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Few people are prepared to handle the financial burden of long-term health care. In fact, many people have a false sense of security when it comes to long-term care. Let’s separate fact from fiction: \u201cMedicare and my Medicare supplement policy will cover it.\u201d FACTS: Medicare and \u201cMedigap\u201d insurance was never intended to pay for ongoing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"2880","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[227,117,65,225,226,206],"class_list":["post-1470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-long-term-care-insurance","tag-in-home-care","tag-long-term-care","tag-long-term-care-insurance","tag-medicaid","tag-medicare","tag-nursing-home"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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