If You Don’t Ever Need Long-Term Care, Could Paying for Insurance be a Waste of Money
Let’s face it, there’s no one out there who would readily admit to throwing money away. It’s not something any of us want to do, even though our spending habits and other fiscal decisions might make it seem as though we have no problem being separated from our money for no apparent reason. However, when it comes to insurance, including long-term care insurance, some people ask an important question.
Long-Term Care Insurance Quote Del Mar CA – If You Don’t Ever Need Long-Term Care, Could Paying for Insurance be a Waste of Money?
What happens if you never require long-term care?
If you take out a long-term care insurance policy for yourself and possibly your spouse (if you’re married) and you pay into it for, let’s say, 20 years but never have any need of long-term care, what happens?
Essentially, nothing. There’s no reason to think a person who pays into an insurance policy is going to get anything back if they never have to use it, unless there’s a specific provision in place for them to earn some cash back, such as with some life insurance policies.
Does that mean long-term care insurance is not a good idea?
Let’s turn the tables for a moment and think about automobile insurance. It’s a requirement of the law that anyone with a registered vehicle on the roads in the United States must have automobile insurance. However, what if a person is a completely safe driver and never gets involved in any type of mishap or accident?
Do they get anything back by being a safe driver? They may earn a lower premium and there may be some other benefits to avoiding speeding tickets and other moving violations and accidents, but once they reach the end of their days, give up their driver’s license or have it revoked for whatever reason, or they decide to sell the car and not purchase another one, that doesn’t mean they get anything back.
Insurance is protection against the possibility something might go wrong. As people age, the risk of health issues, physical injuries, and other ailments increase. This is part of the natural process of aging, and along with that comes an increasing risk of having difficulty performing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
So, just because you may have a long-term care insurance policy and never actually require any type of long-term care, that doesn’t mean this type of insurance is a waste of money. Just imagine what might happen in your future, to your family, should you have to try and pay over hundred thousand dollars a year out-of-pocket yourself for long-term care.
When most people ultimately realize how much long-term care could cost, they quickly appreciate the value of long-term care insurance.
If you or a loved-one are considering Long-Term Care Insurance Quote in Del Mar CA, please contact Steve Elliott at Capstone Insurance for an honest discussion about your future and your options. Call today (858) 350-3161.
I work with all the major insurance companies and my objective is to help my clients determine if long term care protection makes sense for them and if so, to help them shop the market to find the best company at the best rate
I specialize in Traditional Long Term Care Insurance as well as Hybrid Long Term Care Plans which are either a combination of Life Insurance and Long Term Care or an Annuity Plan with Long Term Care
I’ve been specializing exclusively in Long-Term Care Insurance Planning for over 21 years.
Steve was recognized as a 2003 Long Term Care Expert of the Year at The National Long Term Care Producers Summit
2006 was awarded Senior Market Advisor of the Year Finalist by Senior Market Advisor Magazine
National Speaker for Numerous Industry Meetings
Awarded Nations Top 10 Agent 8 times by the American Association of Long Term Care Insurance
Author of numerous published articles on long term care planning
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