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A major Medi-Cal insurer is ending a benefit that helps cover costly long-term care, leaving families scrambling to figure out what comes next.

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The only thing worse than dying before you can enjoy retirement is outliving the money you’ve spent a lifetime saving. Anytime a grizzled mentor in a movie mentions that he’s one day away from collecting his pension, the audience knows he won’t make it to the end credits. Filmmakers rely on this cliché for a reason: The heartbreaking unfairness resonates with all of us. Nearly everyone can name a family member, colleague, or friend who never got to enjoy their retirement because death came too

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