The Health Care Cost Inflation rate is used to adjust the Health Care and LTC expenses within RightCapital. This inflation rate will be used for:
The Retirement Health Care Cost goal card
The Annual Retirement LTC Cost goal card
Any Expenses or Goals with an Annual Increase field that is set to "Health Inflation"
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This setting can also be adjusted at the client level, within the Gear Icon > Settings > Other Assumptions tab of a particular client plan. Changes made here will only impact the specific client household you are currently working on:
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