Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Through an Independent Broker

Shawn Plummer, CRPC

Retirement Planner, Financial Advisor, Annuity Broker, and Insurance Agent

We shop the nation’s top-rated long-term care insurance providers to find the most cost-effective way to secure your care, protect your income, and preserve your legacy. This is a free service

Licensed in all 50 States | Specialists in Hybrid and Partnership Plans

My National Producer Number (NPN): 15524738
Designation: CRPC® (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor)

Call us now at 770-755-1565 or schedule a free consultation below

Why Long-Term Care Is the #1 Threat to Your Retirement

  • The Reality: Long-term care isn’t a rare event—it’s a financial landmine. A prolonged stay in assisted living or a nursing home can run well into six figures per year. Most retirees assume Medicare will cover it. It won’t. When the checks start coming, savings evaporate fast.
  • The Medicaid Trap: Without insurance, many families are forced to spend down assets just to qualify for Medicaid. That means retirement income, investments, and even a surviving spouse’s security are put at risk. Long-term care insurance isn’t about fear—it’s about control and keeping your money from becoming the care plan.

Care Solutions: Protecting Your Choice of Care

Long-term care insurance is about independence. Whether you prefer to stay in your own home or require a specialized facility, our policies are structured to trigger benefits for:

  • Home Health Care: Pay for professional aides, therapists, or nursing care in the comfort of your own home.
  • Memory Care (Alzheimer’s & Dementia): We specialize in policies with “Cognitive Impairment” triggers that provide immediate funding for the specialized care required for dementia.
  • Assisted Living & Nursing Facilities: Secure a private room in the facility of your choice without draining your legacy to pay the monthly bill.

Expert Underwriting: Coverage for Seniors & Pre-Existing Conditions

The biggest hurdle to securing LTC insurance isn’t the cost—it’s the medical underwriting. If you are shopping for aging parents or have a pre-existing condition, your choice of carrier is critical.

  • Underwriting Advocacy: We act as your advocate, pre-screening your health profile (anonymously) across multiple providers to find the “sweet spot” in their guidelines.
  • The Senior Specialist: We help families navigate the complexities of “Simplified Issue” and “Asset-Based” plans that are often more favorable for seniors who might be declined for traditional standalone policies.

Why Work With an Independent Broker for Long-Term Care

As your independent broker and agent, we have direct access to the nation’s leading Long-Term Care and Hybrid providers. We aren’t limited to one company’s products; we provide a side-by-side audit of Mutual of Omaha, John Hancock, Lincoln Financial, OneAmerica, Securian, Nationwide, and more to guarantee you get the maximum leverage for every retirement dollar.

  • Underwriting Advocacy: Long-term care underwriting is strict and unforgiving. A wrong carrier choice can mean an automatic decline. We know which insurers are more flexible with real-world conditions like controlled diabetes, cardiac history, or prior surgeries—and which ones aren’t worth applying to.
  • True Carrier Choice: Banks and captive agents push whatever product they’re allowed to sell. As an independent broker, we compare traditional policies alongside modern hybrid life and annuity-based solutions that most institutions never show.
  • State Partnership Expertise: Not every policy qualifies for Partnership asset-disregard protection. We ensure your plan meets your state’s requirements, so if benefits are ever exhausted, you can keep more of your assets and still access Medicaid if needed.

Modern Long-Term Care Solutions We Broker

Traditional Long-Term Care Insurance

  • How It Works: Standalone coverage designed strictly to pay for care. If you never need care, there’s no payout.
  • Why It’s Different: Lowest ongoing premium for the highest potential benefit.
  • Pros: Maximum leverage, customizable inflation protection, strong benefit pools.
  • Cons: Use-it-or-lose-it design and premium increases over time.
  • Who Needs It: People primarily worried about catastrophic care costs and who want the most coverage per dollar.
  • Who Doesn’t: Those uncomfortable with paying premiums without a guaranteed return.

Hybrid Life Insurance With Long-Term Care Benefits

  • How It Works: Combines life insurance with long-term care benefits. If you need care, the death benefit is accessed early. If not, heirs receive the death benefit.
  • Why It’s Different: Eliminates the “wasted premium” concern.
  • Pros: Predictable costs, legacy protection, and easier underwriting than traditional LTC in many cases.
  • Cons: Lower total LTC benefit than standalone policies.
  • Who Needs It: People who want care coverage but refuse a use-it-or-lose-it structure.
  • Who Doesn’t: Those seeking the maximum possible LTC benefit pool.

Asset-Based Annuity and LTC Hybrids

  • How It Works: Converts existing cash or an annuity into a pool of long-term care dollars—often several times larger—paid out tax-free for qualifying care.
  • Why It’s Different: Repurposes idle assets instead of adding a new premium bill.
  • Pros: No ongoing premiums, favorable tax treatment, simplified underwriting.
  • Cons: Ties up a lump sum and usually offers lower long-term growth.
  • Who Needs It: People with cash or annuities sitting on the sidelines who want predictable LTC leverage.
  • Who Doesn’t: Those who need daily liquidity from their assets.

In addition to individual and hybrid plans, we specialize in worksite solutions. If you are a business owner or HR manager, explore our Group Long-Term Care Insurance options to see how you can offer this benefit with significant tax advantages

How We Secure Your Long-Term Care Coverage

  • Step 1: Health Pre-Screening
    • We review your health history privately before applying. This avoids unnecessary declines that can follow you forever.
  • Step 2: Benefit Design
    • Daily benefit amount, elimination period, inflation protection—these choices determine whether your policy actually works when you need it. We don’t guess.
  • Step 3: Multi-Carrier Comparison
    • We present side-by-side options from highly rated carriers like Mutual of Omaha, National Guardian Life, and Securian, so you can clearly see costs, trade-offs, and benefits.

How the “Discounted Care Dollar” Works

When we structure a policy for you, we move the financial risk from your bank account to the insurance company.

  • The Leverage: For every $1 you pay in premiums, the insurance company provides $3 to $10 in a tax-free care pool.
  • Tax-Free Efficiency: Under IRS Section 7702B, care benefits are generally paid 100% tax-free, saving you from losing 20-30% of your care fund to the government.
  • Inflation Shielding: We ensure your “bucket of money” grows automatically so your protection keeps pace with the rising costs of care in your specific state.

State-Licensed Expertise in All 50 States

Partnership-Qualified Focus: We specialize in Partnership-Qualified plans. If your policy is exhausted, these programs let you preserve a portion of your assets instead of draining everything to qualify for Medicaid. State rules vary—and getting this wrong can cost your family years of savings.

Don’t Wait Until Your Health Changes

  • The Truth: Long-term care insurance is health-priced, not age-priced. Every year you wait, premiums increase, and approval becomes more difficult. The best time to secure coverage is when you don’t think you need it.
  • Next Step: Request your customized long-term care comparison report and see what protection actually costs—before your options shrink.
  • Call us now at 770-755-1565 or schedule a free consultation above

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Shawn Plummer, CRPC

Retirement Planner, Financial Advisor, Annuity Broker, and Insurance Agent

I am a licensed Retirement Planner (CRPC), insurance agent, financial advisor, annuity broker, and former financial trainer with more than 18 years of hands-on experience in annuities and insurance. My National Producer Number (NPN) is 15524738. I spent 12 years training financial advisors nationwide on annuity, insurance, and retirement planning strategies, in addition to 18 years of direct field experience selling annuities and insurance products, helping clients protect their savings and secure reliable retirement income.

I have been quoted in Time Magazine, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! Finance, MSN, SmartAsset, LegalZoom, U.S. News & World Report, Women’s Health Magazine, Forbes, and many other leading publications.

I am also the founder of The Annuity Expert, an independent online insurance agency and annuity broker serving consumers across the United States. Through this platform, my team and I help Americans remove the guesswork from retirement planning and compare insurance solutions to find the strongest value at the most competitive rates. I want to see you get the best products at the lowest prices.

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