Tag: Social Security benefits

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The brief’s key findings are: Even with Medicare coverage and ignoring long term care, retirees face sizable out-of-pocket costs for premiums, copays, and uncovered services. One way to gauge this burden is to look at how much these medical costs eat into their Social Security benefits and other income. After subtracting these costs, the typica…

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The brief’s key findings are: After a century of decline, work activity among older men stabilized in the 1980s and began to rise in the 1990s. This turnaround reflected changes in Social Security, retirement plans, the nature of work, education levels, and health coverage. In response, the average retirement age for men has risen by…