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Long Term Care Insurance

What is a 30 day free look?

You have 30 days from the day you receive the policy to examine and return it to the insurance company.  You can return it for any reason. Simply return it to the insurance company, or to the agent, producer or office thorugh which it was bought.  The insurance company will refund the full amount paid for the policy within 30 days of return. The policy will then be void from the start; and you will not be insured under the policy or entitled to any benefits.

What questions to ask when interviewing home health care agencies?

When you are preparing to hire a home health care organization, call a few and compare the answers to these questions.  This will protect you and your loved ones from potential liability. Also, if you have a long term care insurance policy, check with the claims department at the insurance company to be sure that the company your are planning to hire will meet the requirements of your policy.  Otherwise, you may incur unnecessary out of pocket expenses.

How to Compare Home Health Care Agencies?

When you are interviewing home health care agencies consider the following 16 questions.

How do I inform an insurance company a policyholder is deceased?

Write note to the insurance company noting the name of the insured (policyholder), date of death and policy number.  Attach a death certificate.  You can submit these to your insurance broker for processing.  That way, communication with both is taken care of and the insurance broker can follow-up to see that the unearned premium is returned to the estate. 

Best Nursing Home Rankings per U. S. News & World Report

To help you find the best nursing home for your loved one, U.S. News rated nearly 16,000 nursing homes.  This provides information on safety, health inspections, staffing, and more. Click here for the interactive report.

What inflation rider do I select on a long term care insurance policy?

The carriers have re-priced their products, and offer a variety of options.    

Many of our clients 60 years and under select 3% compound because this will be adequate to keep up with inflation of home care and assisted living based on recent years.  Their other resources can supplement nursing home costs.  Also, 3% is the "sweet-spot in pricing.  

Life Insurance with LTC Rider

Facts: 

  • Health
    • 2 partners in early 70's, both non-smokers
    • One partner is uninsurable for 2 years because of new finding that doctor's don't know IF it will be an issue
    • The other partner is healthy
  • Finances - Cash and home equity line total 100K
  • Preferences  - desires LTC coverage, however linked-benefit is the only option for one partner, the other partner could use traditional or linked-benefit. Read more for the solution.

Long Term Care Insurance Policy Review - Washington, DC

Many thanks for your reply to our email of January 16, in which we asked for your views on our current long term care policy we bought in 2003. We appreciate the time you spent looking at what you have in your records about my wife's policy and the time you spent talking to her on the phone January 10th. It helps us to have a current perspective and makes us feel better about the decision we have to make. We had both been wondering whether we might be over-insured and whether it might be a mistake to accept the price increases without making some adjustments to our coverage. With the information you have given us, we feel that the increases may not be out of line with the realities of the current market and that we would probably be wise to keep what we have, at least for the time being. Your suggestion to my wife in the phone call, to figure the ratio of what we have paid to the value of the benefits we have accrued, was especially helpful to us in arriving at this view.

We bought our policies 11 years ago and are very pleased that your referral source has been willing, after so long a time, to support us in this reassessment of our coverage. We particularly appreciate your timely and helpful advice and would be glad to convey our thanks to others, if that would be useful in anyway. Mr. W. M.

Long Term Care Insurance and Medigap - Sparks, Baltimore County, MD

Melissa Barnickel was recommended to us when we were looking for long term care insurance. She was extremely helpful and explained everything so we could understand and make an informed decision. When we retired it was extremely confusing and upsetting trying to make sense of what to choose for Medicare Part B, prescription and Medicare Supplement Plan F. Melissa met with us and counseled us on the different plans available. Depending on what your health situation is and what prescriptions you take makes a difference on the plan you choose. This year she worked with us again on our prescription renewal. We are grateful for her counsel and feel confident our choices were the best for our situation. Thank you Melissa.

 Mr. & Mrs. T. B.

Life Insurance with a Long Term Care Rider - North Wilkesboro, NC

Many thanks or all your (Melissa Barnickel) help! You went out of your way to guide me through the long-term care maze - explaining things, answering questions, sending and evaluating materials for me!  Had you not been so thorough and patient, I probably would not have bought insurance.  I would highly recommend you!  Thank you again for all of your time and friendliness.  Mrs. C. H.

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