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What Will Health Care Cost You in Retirement?

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Thursday, December 12, 2013   

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Only one-third of older Americans are saving for retirement health-care expenses, according to a recent survey by AARP. Those out-of-pocket costs could easily top $200,000 for a retired couple.

Cynthia Fagyas, AARP Arizona, said AARP has just launched a free on-line calculator to help people prepare.

"It estimates the out-of-pocket health-care costs, in addition to assuming that that particular person will be on either Medicare parts A, B or D," Fagyas said.

The calculator was developed using a database that includes $136 billion in costs from actual health care claims, she added. Its results can be customized, depending on the health problems a person either has now or expects to have.

"It has approximately 82 different medical conditions within the calculator to help people estimate how much they would need per condition in out-of-pocket health-care costs," she explained.

Once people enter their information, which is not collected, into the calculator, she said, they will receive a plan of action.

"There might be some suggestions for planning, for saving, for making healthy changes in their lifestyle, that they maybe should lose some weight. Some health tips might be part of the action plan that comes out of the calculator," she said.

The health-care cost calculator is part of what AARP calls its "Ready for Retirement" suite of planning tools. Fagyas noted that these online tools are aimed especially at people in their fifties.

The calculator is available at www.aarp.org.




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