Tag: Jackson National

elderly woman in wheelchair while looking out the window in nursing home

Misperceptions of long-term care needs and costs are cause for concern. Households approaching retirement face a wide variety of risks to their financial security.  They may live longer than planned and deplete their resources; they may experience unexpectedly high inflation; or they may receive unusually poor returns on their investments.  Equally consequential is the risk…

Stethoscope on the dollars

Even the best-laid plans can go awry.  Retirees face the risk of a large healthcare spending shock for medical or long-term care (LTC) either because their health insurance involves significant cost sharing or because they lack insurance entirely in the case of LTC…