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    Steve Savant
    Syndicated Financial Columnist, Host of the weekly talk show Steve Savant's Money, the Name of the Game, Scottsdale Arizona
    Generally long term care insurance is needed in your later senior years, but it can some times earlier even before retirement. The number one risk in financial retirement in retirement is human longevity, which increase the odds of needing long term care insurance. If your family has a disposition to disease or nursing home confinement, you may want to consider securing long term care while you're young and healthy.
    Answered on August 3, 2013
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    Peggy Mace
    Most of the U.S.
    Long Term Care insurance is needed when someone has assets to be protected, and when someone wants to make their own decisions about their care if they should need long term assistance for daily living. Without long term care insurance, the individual and their family are left to foot tremendous bills, if such care is needed. If assets run out and Medicaid is used, the choices for care are limited. Having long term care that will allow someone to spend the benefit as they wish protects assets and allows some independence even at a time of loss.
    Answered on August 3, 2013
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