How You Can Tackle Health Care Costs in Retirement


by Kiplinger

Kiplinger— Doctor visits and medications are only part of the challenge of health care costs — there’s also long-term care planning. Here’s what you can do.

www.duluthnewstribune.com—Duluth close to retiring retiree health care liability. Unfunded health care obligations once threatened to bankrupt the city.

NBC News—Patients with private insurance can face higher health costs at hospitals. People with private health insurance might pay higher prices for procedures or tests at a hospital. A report published Monday by the research group Rand Corp. found that in 2022, the prices hospitals charged to private and employer-based insurance providers were, on average, 254% higher than what Medicare would have paid for the same services. “These very high payments ultimately result in higher premiums for health insurance coverage and can result in those needing care having to pay high...

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