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New Options for Long-Term Care
As long-term-care insurance gets costlier and harder to find, insurers are rolling out other options. We weigh the pros and cons.
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Long-Term Care Insurance Confusion
Although many financial advisers consider the product an important tool as retirement approaches, a profit crunch is leading to some big changes.
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The Tax Perks of Long-Term-Care Insurance
Here's what you need to know about long-term care policies and the tax advantages certain policies offer.
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March 21, 2013
The Experts: Should People Buy Long-Term-Care Insurance?
WSJ.comShould people buy long-term-care insurance? The Wall Street Journal put this question to The Experts, an exclusive group of industry and thought leaders who engage in in-depth online discussions of topics from the print Report. This ...
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March 8, 2013By Ellen E. Schultz; Can You Afford to Get Older?
WSJ.comAs long-term-care insurance costs spiral higher, you might wonder if it makes sense to keep your coverage.Premiums for many policyholders have doubled over the past three years. Depending on a policy's features and your age, long-term ...
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February 15, 2013Beyond Long-Term Care
WSJ.comAs long-term-care-insurance costs climb, families are turning to continuing-care retirement communities as an alternative.Long-term-care insurance generally pays for home care, assisted living or skilled nursing when a policyholder suffers ...
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November 23, 2012Women Face Higher Costs
WSJ.comShopping for long-term-care insurance is about to get even trickier for families—and potentially costlier.Until now, insurers have charged the same premiums regardless of gender for the policies, which help pay for future nursing-home, ...
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October 26, 2012The Cost of Living Longer
WSJ.comAndee St. John is searching for an assisted-living facility near Columbia, S.C., for her 69-year-old mother, who was hospitalized recently after several falls. But finding the place with the right combination of price, amenities and ...
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October 13, 2012
Retirement: How to Pay for Long-Term Care
Barrons.comIt's one of the biggest challenges for today's retirees: how to afford an extended stay in a nursing home or assisted-living facility. With the tab steadily rising, sometimes hitting six digits per year, the solution requires real ...
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September 24, 2012
Rethinking long-term-care insurance
MarketWatchLong-term-care insurance is the financial equivalent of gum surgery: something that is often seemingly necessary, but just as often avoided at all costs.
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May 14, 2012
Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance?
WSJ.comLong-term-care insurance. It's a subject most people don't want to think about—but many people know they need to.At first blush, policies that help pay the costs of extended nursing care make perfect sense. Bills add up quickly when you can ...
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April 9, 2012
Don't Grow Old Without It
WSJ.comLong-term-care insurance: It can make the difference between living out your life the way you want and becoming a burden to your family or a ward of the state.
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March 10, 2012
Long-Term Care: What Now?
WSJ.comShopping for long-term-care insurance? You should expect higher costs and a tougher approval process as a growing number of household-name insurers quit selling the policies.
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March 7, 2012
Prudential, Following Rivals, Pares Long-Term-Care Offerings
WSJ.comPrudential Financial Inc. became the latest big insurer to cut back on sales of long-term-care insurance, a type of policy that helps consumers pay for nursing-home bills and other costly expenses but is one of the toughest business lines ...
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10 Things Your Parents Won't Tell You; Good news: Mom and Dad are loaded. Bad news: They love your brother best.
SmartMoney.com1) "We're rich." Andrew and Warren K. Johnson knew their dad Warren W. collected coins, but it wasn't until after he passed away in April that they discovered the full scope of his hobby. Stored away in boxes on shelves ...
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