Paying for Long-Term Care: Explore Your Options

Paying for Long-Term Care: Explore Your Options
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Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
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Dear Carrie: My husband and I are curious about long-term care insurance. It all seems so confusing. How can we decide if (and when) we should buy it, and if so, what kind?—A Reader

Dear Reader: Not only am I glad you’re investigating one of the biggest risks to retirement security, I’m also really happy you’re looking at this issue together. If either one of you ultimately needs long-term care, it will impact you both.

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
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Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, a certified financial planner, is president of the Charles Schwab Foundation and author of "The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty."
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