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		<title>Who Will Pay Your Long Term Care Bills?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always like to ask my clients, "Will your financial planner be willing to pay your long term care bills, will they have access to good quality Home Health Care Providers?" Many lawyers and advisors are now reluctant to recommend against Long Term Care Insurance for fear of law suits later on, from children, when hundreds of thousands of dollars were required to pay for their parents long term care bills. Planners who fail to recommend coverage are more times than not, unaware of the real RISK of needing care one day.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always like to ask my clients, &#8220;Will your financial planner be willing to pay your long term care bills, will they have access to good quality Home Health Care Providers?&#8221; Many lawyers and advisors are now reluctant to recommend against Long Term Care Insurance for fear of law suits later on, from children, when hundreds of thousands of dollars were required to pay for their parents long term care bills. Planners who fail to recommend coverage are more times than not, unaware of the real RISK of needing care one day.</p>
<p>The senior has now become the GREATEST financial risk that Americans face today. The majority of them are unaware of it because let&#8217;s face it: No One wants to think about needing Long Term Care. It is going to happen to someone else! Long term care bills are the biggest reason for financial failures among seniors today. Yet there are a lot of Financial Planners and Investment advisers who will say that you don&#8217;t need Long Term Care Insurance.</p>
<p>If you already have a lot of money, perhaps you don&#8217;t! The question is: Would it be a smart decision to have this coverage? What we are seeing today are many Financial Planners split on the subject of LTC Insurance. You will hear some say that if you have any resources you should not be without it, that it is an integral part of financial planning, while others think if you have enough money you should self-insure. Who is right?</p>
<p>Every financial adviser I talk with would recommend long term care coverage if he knew in advance that his client would need several years of long term care. Do the math. In a state where long term care bills are averaging $170 per day, and the average premium is $4000 a year for a couple, aged 60, and they live another 20 years, they have paid out $80,000 in premiums for the peace of mind that they will not go broke. Without the insurance, they could end up paying over $80,000 in less than two years for ONE OF THEM on the advice from a Financial Planner telling them that they DON&#8217;T NEED IT! It must be concluded that Financial advisers who recommend against LTC Insurance figure you are not going to need care since they would recommend you obtain coverage if they knew you were going to have to spend several hundred thousand dollars. You should find out from the adviser what is the BASIS for their prediction? Also, be aware that advisers are sales people. They are in the business of making you money.</p>
<p>If you purchase Long Term Care Insurance, you have less money for them to manage! The decision is yours. At this point in your life, are you more interested in making a few more thousand dollars a year or are you more interested in protecting what you have already earned from the most DEVASTATING financial risk that people face in America today? One of the biggest financial mistakes a person can make today is needing Long Term Care and having no coverage! Is this a mistake you want to take a chance on making? Seek out a LTC Insurance Specialist to help you make the best informed decision for you and your family. Remember, your Financial Planner or adviser is not going to pay your long term care bills. You will!</p>
<p>Before you go out and buy a policy go to <a href="http://www.longtermcareinsurance-guide.com">Long Term Care Insurance</a>, ask questions and request a <a href="http://www.longtermcareinsurance-guide.com/quote">long term care insurance quote</a>. We represent 20 of the top LTCi providers. This gives you tremendous options. You are welcome to reprint this article &#8211; but get your own <a href='http://www.uberarticles.com/?id=313882&amp;p=28414'>unique content</a> version here.</p>

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		<title>Using Long-Term Care Insurance With Reverse Mortgages</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As individuals age, the question of how to pay for their expenses in the troubling situation where they cannot take care of themselves comes up. Millions of seniors across America are beginning to look at the future and the possibility their children will have to pay the costs of their care, and some are doing something about it. Typically, it will come down to two choices for seniors. They can either go with long-term care insurance policies that will help keep them afloat financially while they are getting long-term care. The other option is they can look into a reverse mortgage to help finance their needs. The options of a reverse mortgage and long-term care insurance are becoming the two main ways seniors are paying for their own long-term care.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As individuals age, the question of how to pay for their expenses in the troubling situation where they cannot take care of themselves comes up. Millions of seniors across America are beginning to look at the future and the possibility their children will have to pay the costs of their care, and some are doing something about it. Typically, it will come down to two choices for seniors. They can either go with long-term care insurance policies that will help keep them afloat financially while they are getting long-term care. The other option is they can look into a reverse mortgage to help finance their needs. The options of a reverse mortgage and long-term care insurance are becoming the two main ways seniors are paying for their own long-term care.</p>
<p>A reverse mortgage is a loan that is made to individuals 62 years and over in the United States, which is used to release home equity on a property in one large lump sum, or multiple payments. The homeowner is not obligated to repay the loan until they die, the home is sold or they leave into a nursing home.</p>
<p>For a typical mortgage, the owner of the house will pay a monthly payment to the lender, whereas in a reverse mortgage, the home owner makes no payments and all interest is added to the lien on the property. Now, it may seem odd that there are no payments on the reverse mortgage, but the way that the loan is paid off is that if the home owner moves, goes into a nursing home or dies, is from the proceeds in the sale of the house, or in the event the heirs refinance the estate of the homeowner. If the proceeds of the sale exceed the amount of the loan, the owner of the house gets the difference. In the case of the heirs, they would receive the difference. If the sale does not pay off the loan, then the bank will absorb the difference.</p>
<p>This option is becoming very popular with some seniors when they have to choose between reverse mortgages and long-term care insurance because they get a lot of the money upfront, which can then be applied to savings. The draw back is that it could severely effect the inheritance that you may want to leave behind. Long-term care insurance is an inexpensive way to insure that your family is taken care of.</p>
<p>Conclusion For many seniors, the possibility of their children paying out of their own pocket to take care of them is simply too much to bear. As a result, seniors will look at the options of reverse mortgages and long-term care insurance to find a way that they can pay their own way through either a loan or a government program. In the case of reverse mortgages, they will be able to get a loan that they will not have to pay back until they die or move, and even then the loan is paid off on the sale of the home. This allows them to get the money up front to help pay for their own long-term care at home. It is of little surprise it has become such a popular trend for seniors looking for a way to pay their own way.</p>
<p>Before you go out and buy a policy go to <a href="http://www.longtermcareinsurance-guide.com">Long Term Care Insurance</a>, ask questions and request a <a href="http://www.longtermcareinsurance-guide.com/quote">long term care insurance quote</a>. We represent 20 of the top LTCi providers. This gives you tremendous options.</p>

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		<title>Ways to Invest in Oil and Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are interested in oil and gas investing there are three primary ways you can go about starting your investment. These ways include investing in companies, mutual funds, and commodities. You can make a lot of money in this industry if you are smart about your investments.</p>
<p>Investors consider gas investments to be safe. This is because there are so many ways that someone can invest their money in the industry. You are not limited to only buying stock in a business but there are so many other ways to invest too. It is easy to diversify your portfolio of investments with only oil and gas in the many different ways you can invest.</p>
<p>The primary way to take advantage of oil investments is through company stock. If you find a drilling company that you want to invest in because you believe they will strike oil some time soon you can purchase their stocks. There are tons of companies out there who drill for oil. There are independent companies and medium-sized businesses and more. It is important to know that stock with gas investments does not always provide the largest return on investment.</p>
<p>Mutual funds that have a primary focus on energy is another way you can look at oil and gas investing. A mutual fund in this field may focus on the oil and gas but have stock in many companies in the field. This fund may include large companies and independent companies too. One type of a mutual fund is a drilling fund. This is broken down into two fields; exploratory and developmental drilling. Exploratory drilling is as the name suggests, exploring to find oil and gas. Developmental drilling uses wells that already exist. It monitors the development and production limits.</p>
<p>Gas investments can also include commodities. This includes things like royalty funds, leas acquisition funds, and even combination funds. There are many ways commodities are offered for investments in the oil and gas industry.</p>
<p>There are many ways you can invest in the oil and gas industry. If you are interested in oil and gas investments you should consider looking into the different methods. You can invest your money in company stock, mutual funds, and even commodities. Some investors make a huge amount of profit and some don&#8217;t. Any type of investing is risky so you should do plenty of research before you do anything with your investment.</p>
<p>Visit Evans Energy&#8217;s site for information on <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com">investng in oil and gas</a> and <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com/InvestingInEnergy.aspx">oil and gas investment benefits</a>.</p>
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		<title>6 Things To Know About Extracting Oil And Natural Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil and natural gas drilling are often thought of as one concept but can be two different things. When a company is drilling for natural gas, they may hit on crude oil. Crude oil is refined to make gasoline, whereas natural gas is used for a variety of different purposes. Companies that are oil drilling are looking for one type of natural resource for fuel as well as other purposes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oil and natural gas drilling are often thought of as one concept but can be two different things. When a company is drilling for natural gas, they may hit on crude oil. Crude oil is refined to make gasoline, whereas natural gas is used for a variety of different purposes. Companies that are oil drilling are looking for one type of natural resource for fuel as well as other purposes.</p>
<p>People who invest in well prospects often think that they are drilling for either gasoline or oil and do not often know the difference. When an oil company drills into the earth, they are looking for natural resources that can be use for fuel or for other purposes. Crude oil, for example, is not only used for gasoline, but for petroleum and petroleum based products.</p>
<p>One thing that people need to know about oil drilling is that the well can turn up with natural gas, crude oil or it can turn up dry. A dry well is one that yields no natural resources, although it may be explored again at a later time.</p>
<p>Often, when drilling for natural gas, a company will find crude oil. This is also a valuable commodity as crude oil is needed to make petroleum based products as well as gasoline.</p>
<p>Oil and natural gas drilling can yield both natural gas or oil. Both are considered to be valuable natural resources that are a necessary part of life as they can be used for fuel for heating as well as use in gasoline to run cars.</p>
<p>Crude oil can be refined into gasoline by an oil refinery process. About 17 percent of a barrel of crude oil will be used for gasoline.</p>
<p>Oil drilling takes time as well as high powered equipment. Most investments of this nature are made by a group of investors who share in the costs, along with the oil company.</p>
<p>Both oil and gas drilling can yield profits for investors who invest in a company that drills in a proven well or finds a new well. Finding a new well during drilling yields very high profits for investors.</p>
<p>Drilling for natural gas as well as oil drilling are time consuming but can yield high profits for investors. Oil and natural gas drilling takes place in the United States as well as all over the world. Both oil and gas are natural resources that are used for a variety of different purposes, including heating fuel, petroleum products and gasoline.</p>
<p>Visit Evans Energy&#8217;s site for information on <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com">oil and gas exploration</a> and <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com/InvestingInEnergy.aspx">oil and gas investments</a>. Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber <a href='http://www.uberarticles.com/home.php?id=2102969&amp;p=28414'>Article Directory</a></p>

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		<title>Six Ways to Assess a Potential Oil and Gas Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you look at oil and gas investing there are many ways you can look at the market and the potential investment. You should do plenty of research so you know you are making a good decision with your money. Here are 6 things you can look at to be sure you are about to make a good decision or you should back out.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you look at oil and gas investing there are many ways you can look at the market and the potential investment. You should do plenty of research so you know you are making a good decision with your money. Here are 6 things you can look at to be sure you are about to make a good decision or you should back out.</p>
<p>1. The company. If you are looking into investing in a particular company you must look at everything about them. Check out the history of the company, the executives and board members, and the description of the business. It is also important when researching a business for oil investments to check out the locations and subsidiaries.</p>
<p>2. If recent mergers and acquisitions have occurred you need to research both of the businesses that have combined. Find out about all equity, ventures, and everything about the businesses involved.</p>
<p>3. Research the debt. Debt is a really big deal when it comes to gas investments. How much money does the company owe to other investors, banks, and others. The debt should be less than half of the revenues. This should include liabilities for the company also.</p>
<p>4. Competitors. When you are assessing oil and gas investing it is important to find out about the key competitors. Does the business have a foot forward in front of the other competitors?</p>
<p>5. The market placement. When you look at oil investments it is important to look at the entire market. You cannot just research the investment you are looking at but you need to be able to look at the overall prospect of the market. Where does the company you want to invest in sit with the entire market? You should compare numbers and feel the company is doing very well before you get started with your investment. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the company of choice versus the competitors and see where they all stand.</p>
<p>6. Potential profits. If you invest in the company of choice what is the potential of profit you stand to make? You will need to look at the history of the gas investments and how much money other people made on the profits. Be sure a profit is what is being made and people are not just breaking even.</p>
<p>When it comes to oil and gas investing there are many ways to assess the investment. You need to look at the company as a whole. However, you also need to look at the entire industry, including the competitors, the products, profit, and more.</p>
<p>Visit Evans Energy&#8217;s site for information on <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com">investng in oil and gas</a> and <a href="http://www.evansenergyonline.com/InvestingInEnergy.aspx">oil and gas investment benefits</a>. Get a totally unique version of this article from our <a href='http://www.uberarticles.com/home.php?id=241982&amp;p=28414'>article submission service</a></p>

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		<title>Linking Reverse Mortgages And Long-Term Care Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As individuals age, the question of how to pay for their expenses in the troubling situation where they cannot take care of themselves comes up. Millions of seniors across America are beginning to look at the future and the possibility their children will have to pay the costs of their care, and some are doing something about it. Typically, it will come down to two choices for seniors. They can either go with long-term care insurance policies that will help keep them afloat financially while they are getting long-term care. The other option is they can look into a reverse mortgage to help finance their needs. The options of a reverse mortgage and long-term care insurance are becoming the two main ways seniors are paying for their own long-term care.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="byline" style="font-style:italic">by Terry Stanfield</div>
<p>As individuals age, the question of how to pay for their expenses in the troubling situation where they cannot take care of themselves comes up. Millions of seniors across America are beginning to look at the future and the possibility their children will have to pay the costs of their care, and some are doing something about it. Typically, it will come down to two choices for seniors. They can either go with long-term care insurance policies that will help keep them afloat financially while they are getting long-term care. The other option is they can look into a reverse mortgage to help finance their needs. The options of a reverse mortgage and long-term care insurance are becoming the two main ways seniors are paying for their own long-term care.</p>
<p>A reverse mortgage is a loan that is made to individuals 62 years and over in the United States, which is used to release home equity on a property in one large lump sum, or multiple payments. The homeowner is not obligated to repay the loan until they die, the home is sold or they leave into a nursing home.</p>
<p>For a typical mortgage, the owner of the house will pay a monthly payment to the lender, whereas in a reverse mortgage, the home owner makes no payments and all interest is added to the lien on the property. Now, it may seem odd that there are no payments on the reverse mortgage, but the way that the loan is paid off is that if the home owner moves, goes into a nursing home or dies, is from the proceeds in the sale of the house, or in the event the heirs refinance the estate of the homeowner. If the proceeds of the sale exceed the amount of the loan, the owner of the house gets the difference. In the case of the heirs, they would receive the difference. If the sale does not pay off the loan, then the bank will absorb the difference.</p>
<p>This option is becoming very popular with some seniors when they have to choose between reverse mortgages and long-term care insurance because they get a lot of the money upfront, which can then be applied to savings. The draw back is that it could severely effect the inheritance that you may want to leave behind. Long-term care insurance is an inexpensive way to insure that your family is taken care of.</p>
<p>Conclusion For many seniors, the possibility of their children paying out of their own pocket to take care of them is simply too much to bear. As a result, seniors will look at the options of reverse mortgages and long-term care insurance to find a way that they can pay their own way through either a loan or a government program. In the case of reverse mortgages, they will be able to get a loan that they will not have to pay back until they die or move, and even then the loan is paid off on the sale of the home. This allows them to get the money up front to help pay for their own long-term care at home. It is of little surprise it has become such a popular trend for seniors looking for a way to pay their own way.</p>
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