In last week’s Fridays with Fisher, I spoke about “self-directing” money from a qualified account into Asset Care premiums. I also advocated establishing a “protection bucket” as a dedicated pool to provide your primary resources for paying for long-term care services. I want to jump back into the “self-directed” funding discussion again. I believe that... Continue Reading →
More About Qualified Money
About a year ago, I posted about funding an asset-based long-term care policy (Asset Care) using qualified money. Last week, I did the same. Essentially, it was the same information just updated to 2025 standards. Do you know what both posts have in common? The volume of feedback! One cluster was simply this – “tell... Continue Reading →
Funding LTC – Qualified Money
Heads will start exploding with this declaration, but it is a fact. Qualified money can be used to fund long-term care. That money, however, will be taxed as ordinary income when it is distributed. Simply, there is no provision in the Internal Revenue Code that allows for tax-free distributions from a qualified retirement plan such... Continue Reading →
Sort Thru the Noise
In the January 2025 episode of Coffee Break, I shared information on how to locate more information about who OneAmerica Financial is … just go to oneamerica.com/about-us and you will get access to a boatload of information about the companies of OneAmerica Financial. There is a bunch of noise in the asset-based / linked-benefit LTC... Continue Reading →
Cost of informal care
As you can tell, I have focused much of my Fridays with Fisher discussions on informal caregiving. This is inspired by the changes to Asset Care where informal care is covered benefit with a zero day elimination period! To learn more about the informal care benefit with Asset Care 2024, contact my internal sales partner... Continue Reading →
Informal Care – Caregiver Training?
Last week, I talked about informal care, the OneAmerica Financial 2024 Caregiver Study, how it might work in my case, and how Asset Care 2024 provides funding for informal care. If you will recall, 63% of informal care is provided by a family member and 27% comes from their spouse. These stats and more can... Continue Reading →
Levels of Care
Last week, I shared with you a bit about Asset Care 2024 and how it offers more than simply money to pay for care. I shared the care benefit concierge (claims concierge), coordination of benefits provision, and caregiver consultant for those who elect informal care. One thing that I neglected to include in the Fridays... Continue Reading →
Caregiver Support is More Than Money
With Asset Care 2024, OneAmerica Financial stepped up to the plate and increased the value of the policy by improving the delivery of care. (Please note, Asset Care 2024 is not available in every state – please contact your Care Solutions team with questions.) As you know, Asset Care 2024 offers a cash benefit option... Continue Reading →
Break out the bubbly
We are almost at the magic time where (for most of us) the clock resets on our businesses - New Years! Let me be the first to wish you a happy, safe, and prosperous 2025! Rather than share an idea with you, I decided to talk about the New Years Resolution. The tradition of the... Continue Reading →
Your LTC Plan
A few years ago, I shared a similar observation. I did a Google search on “why should I buy LTC insurance”. Once I got past all of the company ads for LTC, I came across a bunch of opinion pieces that were generally "pro-LTC" planning and using insurance as a funding vehicle, One of the... Continue Reading →
Cost of Care – What Is It?
OneAmerica Financial makes boatload of resources at your disposal. One is the OneAmerica interactive cost-of-care map. This tool is something that has been available for several years. It can be found on the oneamerica.com producer marketing page and is included as a component of our NEW Asset Care Consumer Presentation by Ensight. To learn more... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving Thought
I want to thank you for the opportunity to share my ideas and insights with you. Whether or not you wrote business with OneAmerica Financial this past year, I hope that I was able to help you help your family, friends, neighbors, and clients. I've shared the importance of planning and some consumer facing tools... Continue Reading →
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