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March 23, 2017

Obamacare repeal could disrupt retirement plans

  • Uncertainty over the cost of coverage in the individual market has caused some in their 50s and early 60s to put plans on hold.
    • By CARLA K. JOHNSON
    AP Medical Writer

    CHICAGO — Workers dreaming of early retirement are getting the jitters as Washington debates replacing the Obama-era health care law with a system that could be a lot more expensive for many older Americans.

    The uncertainty over the cost of coverage in the individual market has caused some in their 50s and early 60s to put plans on hold. Others who already left jobs with health benefits before reaching Medicare age are second-guessing their move to self-employment.


     
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