Archive: Steven A. Sass

Doctor using stethoscope listening to senior patient breathing at her house – using face mask

The brief’s key findings are: Medicaid provides low-income retirees with critical health benefits by offering insurance directly, covering Medicare costs, or paying for long-term care. Recently, the Medicaid expansion has also helped reduce the uninsured rate among workers nearing retirement. The need for this array of benefits will grow as the population ages and medica…

elderly man inserting credit card to ATM

The brief’s key findings are: Retirees have long been seen as financially fragile – that is, ill-equipped to handle a financial shock without severe hardship. Interestingly, the research suggests that the vast majority of current retirees can weather shocks such as high medical bills and widowhood. Future retirees, however, face greater risk as most peo…