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If you're wealthy, you'll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted living facility or a nursing home. If you're poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home. But ...

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Jul. 1—Here is a breakdown of long-term care insurance basics. What is long-term care insurance? Private long-term care insurance helps pay for services that aren't covered by regular health insurance ...

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Long-term care insurance is an important financial planning tool that can help protect your assets and provide for your future care needs. This type of insurance is used to help cover the cost of long ...

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Deciding when, or whether, to buy long-term care insurance can be complex. Here’s what to know. By Jordan Rau This article is part of the Dying Broke series examining how the immense financial costs ...