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madamesilverspurs

(15,800 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:25 PM Sep 2012

Thank you, Andrea Mitchell!

Thanks to the insipidness of your 'show' I switched channels. A couple of clicks down the dial I landed on CNN, where Suze Orman was being interviewed. I typically don't follow her, seeing as how my tiny income from social security doesn't put me in her usual conversations. Today, however, she was discussing the recent passing of her mother and the financial impacts of not having long-term care insurance, so I stayed to listen given that my own mother just turned 93.

Then the topic switched to the presidential race, and Orman was asked her opinion. The interviewer seemed a bit surprised when Orman explained why Americans are, in fact, better off than we were in 2008. If CNN makes videos available of their programs, this would be a good one to view.


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Thank you, Andrea Mitchell! (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Sep 2012 OP
Caught the piece about her mother & long-term insurance. Touching and powerfully on point. pinto Sep 2012 #1
Isn't LTC like $300 a month? CrispyQ Sep 2012 #2
MIL must pay $250 a day, with Kaiser coverage--she needs constant care librechik Sep 2012 #4
It depends when you buy it. Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #6
K&R. (nt) Kurovski Sep 2012 #3
Brilliant! Way to let people know how the Inspidness Cha Sep 2012 #5

CrispyQ

(36,446 posts)
2. Isn't LTC like $300 a month?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:33 PM
Sep 2012

And that's not even a Cadillac policy.

Glad she spoke out about being better off. I think she has a big following.

librechik

(30,674 posts)
4. MIL must pay $250 a day, with Kaiser coverage--she needs constant care
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:01 PM
Sep 2012

or she tries to walk, falls, and breaks something (mostly her face)

Kaiser pays zero! (for her level of care) so it's all supplemental

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
6. It depends when you buy it.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:25 PM
Sep 2012

I purchased my LTC at age 24 and it costs me $25/month for $500,000 worth of benefits that inflates annually at 2%. It is a good deal if you get it while you are young.

Cha

(297,123 posts)
5. Brilliant! Way to let people know how the Inspidness
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:20 PM
Sep 2012

led you to the opposite of Andrea Mitchell, Madamesilverspurs!

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