Tag: health insurance

Paper airplanes in a row

Moving into a new job late in life involves some big tradeoffs. What do older people look for when considering a change? Work that they enjoy, fewer hours, more flexibility, and less stress. What could they be giving up? Pensions, employer health insurance, some pay, and even prestige. Faced with such consequential tradeoffs, many older…

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When older workers are able to get health insurance from a source outside of their jobs – Medicare, a spouse’s job, or an employer’s retiree health coverage – they become much more likely to decide it is time to retire. So it’s reasonable to ask whether the Affordable Care Act, which provided millions of peo…