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To Protect Your Health and Your Wealth

In today’s tough economy, there are many people who are without health insurance.Even for those who are young and healthy, though, illness and injury can occur and with it can bring enormous medical bills.

These expenses can often get out of hand, leading to financial hardship, and possibly even to bankruptcy. In fact, today the number one reason for foreclosure in the United States is disability. This is why it is imperative to protect your health and your wealth from the various types of medical expenses that can occur.

Health Insurance

A good health insurance policy can help you to transfer the cost and the risk of high medical bills to an insurance company. Today, even basic medical services can be costly. Nobody can predict when an accident or injury will occur. It is important to protect your family and your savings from excessive medical expenses.

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Disability Insurance

When asked what their most important asset is, most people will answer that it is their home or their retirement plan. However, while these are of great importance, your most important asset is your ability to earn an income without which, gaining other assets would likely be impossible.

With this in mind, it is imperative to ensure that you will still receive an income even if you become injured or ill and are no longer able to work. Without such coverage,you run the risk of depleting savings and other assets especially if your condition lasts for many months or years.

Long Term Care Insurance

The cost of long term care services have skyrocketed over the past decade, with the average annual cost of a semi private room in a skilled nursing home today being just under $80,000.The cost of long term care services have skyrocketed over the past decade, with the average annual cost of a semi private room in a skilled nursing home today being just under $80,000 and the cost of receiving care in your home could be even higher. These expenses can have a real impact on retirement savings especially if the need for care is lengthy.

Many people have the misconception that government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid will pick up the tab for these costs. However, Medicare pays very little in terms of long term care services, and in order to receive Medicaid coverage, you must be at your state’s poverty level in terms of assets and income.In addition, even if benefits are paid by Medicaid, oftentimes a patient’s family must reimburse this program for some or all of the funds that were received in a process referred to as estate recovery.

Long term care insurance can provide a way to cover some or all of the costs of receiving long term care either in a facility or in your own home. Most individuals and couples who possess between $200,000 and $2 million in assets can benefit a great deal from such coverage.

In addition, there are many states today that offer Long Term Care Partnership Programs. Such programs will allow these states to exclude from estate recovery the amount of long term care benefits that are paid individuals under a qualified long term care insurance policy.

In order to truly build wealth, it is essential to protect what you already have. The best way to develop a thorough overall plan of protection is to discuss your situation with a qualified insurance professional who can customize a program of coverage specifically for you and your family in protecting the things that matter most.

At Romero Insurance and Financial Services, we are independent agents. This means that we are not tied to one particular life insurance company or product and we can provide you with information on the type of policy that will truly best fit your specific needs.