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Financial Advisor January 2009 Allen Hamm	Read Carefully Big improvements have come to long-term care insurance, but financial advisors need to be aware that some policies still contain unacceptable restrictions for accessing benefits.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Janet Arrowood	The Advisor's Safety Net: LTC Insurance While boomer-aged clients are in the process of shifting from asset-accumulation to asset-withdrawal mode, advisors need to discuss long-term care insurance.
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Investment Advisor September 2009 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: An Asset to Planning According to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, asset-based LTC insurance is on the rise.
Financial Advisor July 2008 Allen Hamm	A Better Option The long-term care insurance industry is up to a new trick: Marketing LTC insurance through groups.
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Investment Advisor May 2009 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: Why The Affluent Need LTC Insurance The high cost of health care was the second chief concern of wealthy Americans in a recent Northern Trust survey.
Financial Advisor February 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff	To Buy Or Not To Buy? That's still a big question for clients when it comes to long-term care insurance.
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Investment Advisor September 2010 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Is It Really a CLASS Act? How the new government long-term care insurance program may affect your clients.
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Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Mary Quist-Newins	Double Jeopardy One of the main decisions your client must make is whether to buy LTC insurance. Women are in double jeopardy here because they are often both caregivers and receivers. This double jeopardy presents significant financial dangers.
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Registered Rep. November 2, 2015 John Kador	The REP. Index: Long-Term Care Insurance Here are some recent facts about trends in LTC insurance.
Financial Advisor October 2008 Dyess & Evensky	Dueling Models If you are a financial advisor and want to help your client plan for long-term care risks, it's important that you understand the very specific LTC product designs.
Financial Advisor May 2007 Tracey Longo	Unfulfilled Promises? With LTC insurance sales down in 2006, here's what some financial planners are doing to pick up the pace.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 Dan Caplinger	When to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Long-term care insurance pays out financial benefits to help you pay the expenses of nursing homes and home health care. Should you buy now, wait, or just skip the whole thing?
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Howard Gleckman	Providing For Your Own Care Long-term care insurance is getting even more pricey, so shop carefully.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Insurance Multitasking Long-term care insurance is frequently a hard sell, until people are older and often ineligible for coverage. Planners thus may be interested in a multifaceted strategy that answers several needs at once.
Registered Rep. April 13, 2012 Mark Miller	A Vexing Retirement Planning Problem? Predicting Health Care Costs What worries your clients most about their prospects for achieving a secure retirement? The cost of health care.
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Registered Rep. January 18, 2011 Alan Lavine	Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Roy C. Goldberg	A New Take on Long-Term Care Advisors too often try to sell LTC insurance by scaring their clients to get their attention. Instead, we could better present the insurance as a risk management tool, a part of their overall financial plan to secure their retirement income and protect their estate planning distribution plans.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Around for the Long Term? Bad news is making headlines everywhere; long-term care insurance is no exception.
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The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Buz Livingston	Hillary, Obama, and Long-Term Care Perhaps instead of grandstanding with the GAO, Senators Obama and Clinton would better serve the country if they urged federal guidelines for LTC policies.
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	Pleading Poverty Few things can play havoc with a thoughtful financial plan as surely as a long stay in a nursing home. Therefore, "Medicaid planning" has become a prime concern for many seniors and their younger relatives.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood	The Medicare and Medicaid Minefield As the population ages and life expectancy rises, so does the likelihood that more people will be needing long-term care and your financial advisory clients should know the hard facts about paying for it, because the costs can be staggering.
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