Wednesday, October 10, 2012

How To Fund Long Term Care Insurance

By Brian Harris


We all know that ill health can happen anytime but certainly more often in the later years of life. Since that is the case it is important to view your retirement and to finance any obstacles. Having a long term care insurance policy is one way to do this.

Taking care of the possibility that you might have great health issues in your future is an intelligent foresight. Being proactive in financing this possible situation is taking away unnecessary worry. However, if you find that you must find the funds to have extended health care then there are many ways to find the cash you need.

Of course the first place you would want to look is to your own savings. Yet if that is not available then most individuals look to their family or support system to help them pay for the medical attention they need. If your family does not have the funds to take care of this then you need to find alternative means.

The easy way is to make sure that you have long term care insurance available. This policy should be purchased early but no matter the time it is a way to fund the health issues later on.

There are policies where you pay for only a certain number or years or until you reach a certain age which are also an option. This policy can be bought in one big transaction allowing for no premiums. Or you can put yourself on a plan where you pay for up to thirty years. Either way this plan gives you more advantages the longer you have it. You also receive a death benefit for your family.

If you are in your seventies and you have found that you no longer need to have a life insurance policy then you can use the life insurance to pay for your long term care. Cashing out the life insurance will mean it will be taxed but you will have the funds you need available to you.

If your illness is terminal or chronic then you can choose to sell your life insurance to someone else. This will give you an amount to work with and gives the person who purchases the policy the benefits when you pass. The full amount of the policy will not be available but you will have the fund available to make your time comfortable.

Financial plans are future plans. Sitting down and deciding what will be available for your health is important. Starting a savings plan early on and funding it diligently will bring you the simplest return or invest in your future with a policy like long term care insurance to bring you some peace for your older days.




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