Tag: medical cost

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Older Americans who want to be smart about retirement finances are curious about the intricacies of Social Security. The blog that drew the most traffic from our readers last year – “The Bridge to a Larger Social Security Check” – suggested a strategy for getting more out of the program: delay signing up for Social Security…

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Abstract Estimates of the expected present value of lifetime out-of-pocket medical costs from age 65 onward are of limited value to households managing wealth decumulation in retirement.  Their risk characteristics may differ from the average.  They will also care about the whole probability distribution of health cost outcomes, and will want to update that probability…