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A 65-year-old woman in Houston can pay $5,300 a year for Medigap’s Plan C policy or she can buy a policy with exactly the same coverage from another insurance company for $1,700 a year. A 65-year-old Hartford, Connecticut, man can spend anywhere from $2,900 to $7,400 annually for the most popular and comprehensive Medigap policy…
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…
