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Jerry Golden, Investment Adviser Representative

Retirement Income Planning for Unfunded Health Care Costs

A doctor consults with his patient, an older man.

At lunch recently, a friend said he was about to meet with his financial adviser, who had prepared a 20-page report that, he told me, “will wrap up everything” about his retirement. I asked whether it would address long-term care or similar needs. He wasn’t sure.

I followed up: “Do you and your wife have LTC insurance?” Nope. He didn’t qualify when they applied years back.

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