Why is long term care insurance so unpopular?

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This week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll asks: Why do you think long-term care insurance has low take-up rates?

Click HERE to let us know your views In last week's poll we asked whether you believe the DWP should accelerate the increase in State Pension age to 67. Your response was unequivocal (see chart above) with a massive 92% of you believing the increase in State Pension age should be accelerated. None of you believed that this should not happen though the remaining 8% said they were unsure whether it should.

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