How much does a nursing home stay cost?

Anthony Cirillo

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According to The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, self pay accounts for how 20 percent of people now pay for nursing home care. Remember that is out of your pocket and out of your savings. The average nursing home stay is 2.8 years, so if you have $200,000 or so socked away just for this, you should be OK.

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