Slapping the Houston Chronicle on Its Wrist

I’ve just emailed these comments to LM Sixel, reporter for the Houston Chronicle, regarding her most recent article.

I continue to fight the good fight!

Hi LM,
We met at the Starbucks, Meyerland, some years ago. RE your March 20 story, its wonderful, but again, you are ignoring the 5000 lb elephant in the room: long-term care (LTC) costs and paying for the fine places Cindy described. BTW good assisted living costs a heck of a lot more than $2K/mo. You covered financing through Veterans, but no other financial options. A small fraction will be eligible for Veterans assistance. Why have you again ignored more mainstream ways to finance highly probable, expensive LTC events?

I understand this whole area might be daunting and a learning curve for you, but your readers need information on how to pay for LTC. Journalists in the key papers in NYC, Chicago, LA, etc have all written about responsible LTC planning. It is an under-covered area that must be dealt with. Many Americans will be in woeful situations because they, like you, are sweeping the LTC planning conversation under the carpet. We’ve had no decent coverage of LTC planning in The Chronicle!

I can help you acquire your LTC learning curve in the most expeditious way possible, I promise! I know everyone who is anyone in the LTC planning industry nationwide. I can also help you bite off the interest areas in tasty morsels. You would be doing your readers a good service.

I hope you will take heed; the time is right and it is the right thing to do.

Sincere regards,
Honey Leveen 713 988 4671 or cell 713 447 6197