Tag: life expectancy

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Babies born in 2023 should live as long as babies born in 2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that life expectancy had dropped sharply in 2020 and 2021 largely because of COVID-19.  The story was picked up by every media outlet. The reports made it sound like the world is ending, but…

grandma mom and daughter sitting on dock

Retirement experts encourage baby boomers to hang on to their jobs as long as possible to boost their monthly Social Security checks and add to their retirement savings. If they can delay retirement to age 70, they have good odds of maintaining their standard of living. That isn’t always possible, however, for the baby boomers…