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Barbara44
Asked February 2011
My husband, 69, and me, 66, both have pensions and Social Security. What happens if one of us or both of us has to go into a nursing home?
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notrydoyoda
Feb 2011
Unless you two have long term care insurance, those funds would go toward paying for your stay in the nursing home and then your other assets would have to make up the difference.
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