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Taking The Mystery Out Of Long-Term Care Insurance Here's the good news: with improvements in medical technology and healthier lifestyles, people are living longer. Life expectancy today has increased to 83 years, up from 78 years in 1940 (The Shopper's Guide to Long-term Care Insurance from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners). However, the longer people live, the greater the chances they will need assistance due to chronic health conditions. Today, about 12.8 million Americans of all ages require some type of long-term care (National Academy on Aging, 1997). This number is expected to climb as the baby boomer generation moves into retirement. Over a lifetime, nearly 50 percent of all people will require some type of long-term care assistance. One way to pay for some or all of your long-term care expenses is insurance. First introduced in the 1980s, long-term care insurance was originally designed as nursing home insurance. Today's long-term care policies now cover much more. » Discuss it » Continue Reading »
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