The
biggest concern about buying a long term care policy is "what if I
never need to use it?" This article explains how you can have your cake
and eat it too with the best policy guarantee available.
Are you 60 to 70 years old? If not you, maybe a family member? Then
you're about to discover something that could help prevent the total
devastation of your personal estate.
Truth is, it's likely the most important asset you could ever own. Here's why.
For over 24 years, I have helped hundreds of individuals understand and
implement money saving ideas. From birth to death I've witnessed
families in every financial situation.
As my clients age (and me, too), I can tell you without hesitation the
biggest fear of growing old is losing your ability to remain
independent.
We might be living longer, this doesn't mean we're living any better.
Chronic disease is rampant... and it strikes with a vengeance when you least expect it.
How many people who have experienced a stroke knew it was going to happen to them?
How many anticipated that particular moment when they began to forget things?
The facts speak for themselves. Literally millions of Americans require
long term care... either in nursing homes, day care centers, assisted
living facilities or in their own homes.
And the cost of providing long term care is rising with no end in sight.
Think it won't happen to you? Well, I'm sorry. Because this article
doesn't try to convince anyone about the likelihood of their needing
care before they die.
It's intended for those who understand and appreciate the importance of
arming themselves with protection against the horrific expense of long
term care.
In fact, this article is ideal for those who have already looked at
traditional types of long term care policies and are trying to
determine which type is best for them.
One of the biggest objections to buying a long term care policy is that
if the benefit is never needed the premiums paid for the policy will be
wasted.
This is somewhat like buying automobile insurance. You have to pay the
premium in order to get your car repaired. But what if you never have
an accident. Is that considered losing your premium?
Funny isn't it? People hardly question paying for car insurance, but
they frequently resist doing so for a long term care policy.
So... what if you could always get your premium back - guaranteed - if you never require any long term care?
And, what if you die before receiving long term care? Wouldn't it be
great if your loved ones could recover 100% of your premium expense?
How about this? You actually use up all of your long term care benefit.
And then you die. What if your family could still get back 10 percent
of your premium.
Now if you know anything about long term care policies you're probably wondering why you haven't heard of this type before.
One reason is because it is non-traditional and not included in the mainstream marketing of long term care policies.
Another is because it takes a large sum of money to buy the policy.
$50,000 is typical and it's a one-time single premium, which means you
will never get stuck with a premium increase.
It is not uncommon for people between 60 and 70 to have large sums of
money stashed away in bank CDs earning low interest. Kind of an
emergency fund.
Transferring a portion of this fund into the policy makes sense because
the money continues to earn interest. Besides, it usually pays more
than the bank... plus, the policy interest is tax deferred.
It's also common for people this age to have old life insurance policies with significant cash value.
Many times it's possible to transfer the cash into the long term care policy and still retain a meaningful death benefit.
And the future long term care benefit could easily be worth over one million dollars.
This policy has a 90 day waiting period before benefits are paid. The
length of the benefit can be as short as 4 years or as long as your
lifetime. You can also get a 5% compound interest inflation protection
rider to help keep up with the rising cost of care.
The name of this policy is MoneyGuard. It is a universal life insurance
policy with a long term care rider. The issuing life insurance company
is Lincoln Life, a subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group.
By the way, this policy was initially developed by First Penn-Pacific
Life many years ago. They have years of experience and an excellent
reputation. Lincoln recently bought First Penn-Pacific.
Ask your life insurance agent to get you more information about this
single premium policy. For the right situation it is absolutely the
best guarantee in a long term care policy.
