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mn9driver

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7. I'm in exactly that situation, except have mandatory retirement in 3 months.
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 09:36 AM
Apr 2022

Small pension (split with an ex), some savings (also split), younger spouse with medical needs. I go on Medicare in 3 months but she isn’t eligible for years so need to find another job with family medical because otherwise it’s about 2/3 of our income for insurance and copays.

I’ll work until she’s eligible for Medicare, years from now. I’ll be pretty old by then, so I hope it works out. We used to have retiree medical, but it disappeared a few years ago.

I think the UAW still has retirement medical, but that’s about it.

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