Life Policy ProvisionsQuestion 563 of 716
A long-term care rider attached to a life insurance policy generally:
a.Pays for qualifying long-term care by drawing down the policy's death benefit
b.Pays only a death benefit and nothing during life
c.Is prohibited from being attached to life insurance
d.Replaces the insured's Medicare coverage entirely and pays all future hospital and physician bills directly
Explanation
An LTC rider accelerates the death benefit to reimburse qualifying long-term care expenses, reducing the remaining death benefit by what is used. It is a permitted living benefit, not a Medicare substitute.
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