Worrying about Long-Term Care? Should you buy insurance now or roll take your chances?
The traditional approach – take out a conventional LTC policy, paying a premium of about $7,600 a year with money that would otherwise go into their retirement accounts. The policy would provide a $5,000 monthly benefit that would grow by inflation at a rare of 3 percent annually.
Pro: Thanks to the policy’s inflation protection, that $5,000 monthly benefit would reach $10,000 in 25 years.
Con: They’d have to keep paying expensive annual premium until they made a claim. And premiums could rise, as they have historically.
Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is the Pastor of Galilee United Methodist Church on the Northern Neck in Edwardsville, VA. Rev. Dr. Taylor promotes best practices for financial literacy and financial empowerment in the church and leads workshops throughout Northern Virginia. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Mission Rivers District Finance Committee. In May 2015, Rev. Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Ministry from Virginia University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, VA. Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is married to Dr. David Taylor, who is also the Director of our church-based free clinic. They have two adult children and three grandchildren. In her leisure time, Rev. Dr. Taylor enjoys traveling, jogging, weightlifting, swimming, yoga, and interior decorating. In May 2015, Rev. Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Ministry from Virginia University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia. Rev. Dr. Taylor was born and raised in New York City and recently discovered her ancestral roots in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is married to David Taylor and they have a son and a daughter. Their daughter is an airline professional and son is a retired Naval Officer with three children. In her leisure time, she enjoys traveling, reading, swimming, writing poetry, crocheting and spending time with her family.
