Your $135,000 Retirement Risk

Retirement Starts Today Radio by Benjamin Brandt CFP®, RICP®

Aug 24, 202618:29Business

The 2025 Milliman Long-Term Care Index put a number on long-term care: $135,000, the lump-sum amount an average 65-year-old would need to set aside today to cover the expected lifetime cost of long-term care. But there a...

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