Sunday, September 28, 2008

Six things you Need To Know about Ltci and Indemnity Long Term Care Insurance Payment

By Terry Stanfield

When you get an indemnity long term care insurance quote it is important to know a few things first. This is a good policy for you if you are on a limited budget. Here are six very important things you should know about this type of policy and the payment you might have.

1. An indemnity long term care insurance policy has a fixed amount of benefits. There is a cap on this. Unlike an inflation policy this amount will cap out at a certain amount.

2. The long term care insurance cost for the monthly payment is always the same. If you are on a fixed budget and you cannot afford a changing or increasing monthly payment you most likely will benefit from this type of plan. Your payment will remain the same regardless of the type of expense that has occurred.

3. An expense incurred plan reimburses you the amount of money you have to pay for care up to the benefit amount you have paid into. For example, if your benefit amount is $300 a day for long term care and you need someone to help you twice a week at $100 a day you will be paid the full $300 amount. Many plans will leave the money in your account or your pool of benefits available for you. Some will cut you a check.

4. An indemnity plan will only pay the long term care insurance cost only if a medical expense was incurred also. If there is no medical expense then the benefit amount will not be paid to you.

5. An indemnity monthly payment is what you want it to be because you have the ability to choose the amount of benefits you want to have per day, month, week, etc. When you get a long term care insurance quote you can specify the amount of benefit when you get the policy. Many people base this on their income and what they can afford to put into their long term care.

6. As you can with other long term care policies you can share an indemnity policy with your spouse. You can pay a monthly payment into the policy and use it accordingly if either of you should need any type of long term care.

An indemnity long term care insurance quote looks much nicer to people than an inflation quote because the payment remains the same throughout the lifetime of the policy or you.

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