AuthorMichael Staeb's 20+ years experience in wholesale distribution of life, long-term care, disability, and annuity insurance solutions gives him the unique perspective. His hands-on activities over his career have included working in the trenches of a career agency back-office, working hand-in-hand jointly with various kinds of financial professionals, and helping to protect clients directly. Archives
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I was recently asked by an advisor I work with why I don't recommend traditional long-term care (LTC) solutions. I wrote the following in response.
None of this was to say that traditional LTC insurance doesn't have a good place. There are situations where it can be advantageous. The most relevant one is for clients who's net worth is high enough to not want to have to qualify for Medicaid LTC benefits, but low enough that Medicaid might be need to be a realistic back-up option. This is because traditional LTC insurance is the only LTC solution that offers partnership protection. LTC partnership is a state-private partnership where eligible policies can provide dollar-for-dollar asset protection at Medicaid claim time. Put simply, a partnership-eligible LTC insurance policy protects $1 of a client's assets from Medicaid spend-down requirement for every $1 of benefits paid by that private LTC insurance policy.
For example, if a client receives $300k in partnership-qualified LTC insurance benefits and had a net worth of $500k (in asset applicable to Medicaid spend down rules) that means the client only has to spend down $200k of those assets because the first $300k are protected because of the partnership program. Check with your financial professional, state insurance department, and state Medicaid program for details of partnership availability, spend down requirements, and other topics discussed in this post.
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