Tag: long-term care
I sat next to a Brit the other day. At one moment, the discussion was focused on insuring against long-term care needs and the advantages of using the house as a source of retirement income. The next moment the conversation turned to the Brexit mess. The link between the two was a part of t…
The brief’s key findings are: The headline from the 2018 Trustees Report was an earlier depletion date for the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, suggesting Medicare faces growing trouble. However, the trust fund reserves are small compared to HI expenditures, and the HI component only accounts for about a third of the Medicare system. In…