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Be your own bank.

Family banking uses specially-designed whole life insurance as a pool you borrow against and pay back to yourself — capital that keeps working while you use it.

100 DAYS
Medicare's skilled nursing limit per benefit period, with cost sharing after day twenty, and only after a qualifying hospital stay

KNOW THE LINE

Medicare vs. real care

Short rehab staysBathing and dressing
Limited skilled nursingDaily in-home help
After a hospital stayYears of custodial care

RUN THE NUMBER

Three years of in-home care

Home aide, per monthAbout $6,000
36 months of careAbout $216,000
From a pre-tax IRAAbout $284,000 gross
Tax drag at 24%About $68,000

How it works

Write it. Legalize it. Fund it.

1
Write the care planWho drives, decides, and pays
2
Legalize itPOA, directive, correct titling
3
Fund itCash you reach without selling

Key points

Six answers, in writing

Who drives to appointments
Who tracks medications
Who holds medical POA
Who can sign financially
Where the money comes from
Where documents live

Key points

Where the cash comes from

Cash reserve first
Policy cash value loan
Taxable brokerage next
Line of credit
Pre-tax IRA last
Selling core assets last

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The law behind it

Primary sources

Verify against the source before you rely on it. This is education, not legal or tax advice.

26 U.S.C. Sec. 7702 — The definition of life insurance for tax purposes — the rules that make the cash-value growth tax-advantaged.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7702

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