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In HEALTH & MORE, you'll find video reports, articles, and resources designed to help you figure out how to prepare for the expected and the unexpected during retirement.

NBR's year-long "Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement" series brings soon-to-be and recent retirees the information they need to make their finances last through their retirement Image of prescription bottles and a stethoscope.years.

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FROM THE U.S. News & World Report ARCHIVE:

The Best Age to Buy Long-Term-Care Insurance
If you're going to buy long-term-care insurance, here are a few things to consider...

Health Costs After 65
These days, there's one milestone birthday plenty of people look forward to: the one when they become eligible for Medicare ...

Planning for Retirement after a Spouse Dies
It's a question nobody wants to think about, much less answer: How would the death of your spouse...

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:

How Much Does Long-Term Care Cost?
An important part of planning for long-term care is deciding how to pay for services...

Long-Term Care Insurance: Understand Your Options
The aging of America is one of the biggest factors contributing to the growing interest in long-term care (LTC) insurance...

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EXTERNAL LINKS:

National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information.
A site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Information on Medicare eligibility from the U.S. Government.

GOODCARE.com--How to Pay for Healthcare in Retirement
A privately run consultancy that helps consumers and businesses understand healthcare services and financing.

Medigap Plans and Benefits
A chart outlining the 12 Medigap plans designed to help fill gaps in Medicare coverage.

Medigap (Supplemental Insurance) Policies
Information on Medigap from the U.S. Government.

Center for Medicare Advocacy
A resource for anyone sorting through the complexities of Medicare.

Estate Planning FAQs
Information from the American Bar Association.

What Happens to Health Benefits After Retirement?
A report from the Urban Institute.

Cost of Health Care in Retirement (PDF)
A section of the Employee Benefit Research Institute's Retirement Confidence Survey 2008.

Getting Medicare before you get your Full Social Security Benefits (PDF)
An informational sheet from the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services.

*These external links take you off the NBR website on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.

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Long Term Care - Part 2

February 9, 2009

Consider these facts about long term care insurance before shopping for a policy.

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Long Term Care - Part 1

February 2, 2009

What is long term care and why you can't rely on Medicare to cover it.


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Surviving Spouse

October 27, 2008

The impact of losing a spouse in retirement is not just emotional; it is also financial.


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Health Care Costs in Retirement

August 11, 2008

Medicare, Medigap--how will you cover medical costs in retirement?


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Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

Production support for Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement provided by U.S. News & World Report.

Information presented in this series is reviewed by an advisory board of financial planning experts.