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Show Notes:
MAILBAG QUESTION 1: [2:25]
- “I’m interested in your thoughts on when to start buying long-term care insurance? My financial planner has encouraged my husband and I to buy LTC insurance. I just turned 51 and he is 48. The price wend up significantly when I turned 50. We’re both pretty healthy, but my husband is a tall guy with regular back and knee issues. For me to care for him if his health declines would be no joke. I don’t want to blow my entire retirement savings on care. For both of us, the cost is about $10k per year, including inflation protection and benefit. The quality and cost of LTC is a great concern to me, but my husband thinks it is too soon to start buying this insurance. What do you think?“
- PETE: Some call this “Nursing Home Insurance” or “Assisted Living Insurance”
- There’s traditional LTC insurance & there’s a newer, asset-based LTC insurance
- DAMIAN: 50 years old is probably a bit early. 60 years old is about the right time. But examine this based on your personal situation
- PETE: LTC Insurance is medically under-written so personal history does factor into the costs
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Peter Dunn a.k.a. Pete the Planner® is an award-winning financial mind and a former comedian. He’s a USA TODAY columnist, author of ten books, and is the host of the popular radio show and podcast, The Pete the Planner Show. Pete is considered one of the foremost experts on financial wellness in the world, but he’s just as likely to talk your ear off about bass fishing.