Increase in retirement age

With people living longer, retirement age will have to increase, maybe as high as 80.

Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care

Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care. In my experience so far, I believe this estimate is probably accurate.

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Health and retirement

Could being healthy actually make your retirement worse? Yes, of course. Healthy people can expect to live longer. Their health costs will be higher.

How to know it's time to retire

Now this is good advice. You are strongly encouraged to ask yourself, what am I going to do with my time? After you get past the first month, that will be your question.

The Death of Retirement

Retirement as we have known it is dead. There are a lot of reasons to believe it is.

Working longer is not the answer to shortfalls

Working longer will not do enough to close retirement shortfalls.

Guess what

You may not be able to retire until your 80s.

You Need More Retirement Savings

Megan McArdle: How much do you need to live on in retirement? Good question for many or all people. My answer: About what you are living on now, or better yet, even more. This is based on personal experience.