When long-term care provisions in the health care reform act were dumped, seniors wondered how they would pay for expensive nursing or home care.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe abandonment of the long-term care provisions in the health reform act scared millions of American seniors and their families,\u201d said Evan Tunis, president and CEO of Next Exit Retirement, a Boca Raton long-term care insurance broker or West Palm Beach long-term care insurance broker. \u201cWhat were they going to do to pay for their pricey nursing home or assisted living care? Given the fact that there are 40.3 million seniors in the U.S., this is a bigger issue than many may think.\u201d<\/p>\n
To put these numbers into perspective, Senior Journal released statistics that revealed between 2000 and 2010 people in the 45 to 64-year-old age bracket increased to 31.5 percent of the total population, or 81.5 million individuals. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat age bracket wasn\u2019t the only one to explode,\u201d added (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When long-term care provisions in the health care reform act were dumped, seniors wondered how they would pay for expensive nursing or home care. \u201cThe abandonment of the long-term care provisions in the health reform act scared millions of American…<\/span><\/p>\n