As baby boomers retire and Americans live longer, the nationfaces a crisis in its ability to finance the long-term medical and personalaid that many of us will require in old age.
Social Security and Medicare aren’t enough. And many Americansdoubt they will have the money to pay for a lengthy stay in anursing facility or a home aide.
A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for PublicAffairs Research finds that 36 percent of Americans over 40 arevery confident that they will be able to fund their care into oldage. Another 36 percent are “somewhat” confident, and 24 percentare not confident.
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