subject: Long Term Care Insurance - A Cost Benefit Analysis [print this page] Long Term Care Insurance Plans have become popular and more and more Americans area actually buying this policy to cover their medical expensed when they grow old. Different types of ailments come in when a person grows old and treatment of these diseases can be really expensive. However, there are people who are still unable to purchase these policies because of their low income level or because they live below poverty line. We will learn about these class of people later but as of now let us consider those who can buy these policies from private insurers.
Looking at the cost perspective, the Long Term Care Insurance policies generally cost more but the problem here is that, as the days pass by, the price of these policies keep increasing. In general, it has been found that with the passage of every year, the prices increase by around 10-12 percent each year. Thus the monthly premium keeps increasing as a person grows old and hence, it is wise to buy the Long Term Care Insurance policies as soon as possible.
The longer a person takes to decide and purchase a Long Term Care Insurance policy, the more he risks his assets and savings of the entire life. What is even worse is that he never knows whether all this savings and assets taken together can actually take care of the entire expenses when he falls ill or not. This is because of the fact that the valuation of the assets fall and the purchasing power of the money keeps decreasing as time passes by. The same applies in case of medical facilities! The prices of these facilities increase over time and hence, later in the future, the money saved by the person may not be enough to cover the medical expenses. Hence, it is absolutely necessary to purchase the Long Term Care Insurance as early as possible.
Yet again, one of the hardest realities in today's world is that a person becomes a burden for the rest of the family members when he or she grows old. The family members will love the person but the only problem will be the problem of money. They might not be able to spend so much on old people because as and when the economy advances priorities change and so does the requirements and responsibilities. The unwanted responsibilities definitely become burden. Hence, in order to ensure that a person never becomes a burden on his or her family at his or her old age, he or she must always consider buying Long Term Care Insurance at an early age.
Coming back to those who cannot afford these policies from private companies, they have some government options which are similar to the policies provided by the private companies. As a matter of fact, some of the benefits provided by the government options are not available with the Long Term Care Insurance policies which are provided by the private companies.
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by: Joe Maldonado
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