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Facts About Health Care in Retirement

Health care will probably be one of your biggest expenses in retirement. Private insurance and Medicare will help, but you’ll still have to pay a large portion of your health care costs out of your own pocket.

Financial facts you may not know about Medicare:

• Medicare covers only about half of beneficiaries’ total health care costs.¹
• The higher your adjusted gross income, the higher your monthly Medicare premiums²
• Medicare generally does not pay for long-term care expenses²

It’s up to you to take control of your retirement health care costs with careful planning. With Nationwide’s Health Care in Retirement program, you and your financial advisor can create a plan for these expenses so you’re prepared for what comes next.

Health Care Cost Assessment

Get a handle on your estimated health care costs in retirement by talking to your advisor about a Nationwide Health Care Cost Assessment. It’s a personalized report that is based on:

• Your current and expected retirement age
• Your personal and family health history
• Where you plan to retire
• Your expected income in retirement

The Assessment can show you an estimate of your total retirement health care expenses including long-term care, helping you and your advisor build a plan to help cover those costs.

View a sample assessment.

Talk With Your Advisor About Health Care Costs

Ask your advisor about the Nationwide Health Care Cost Assessment to get started.

^{1 AARP Public Policy Institute, “Setting the Record Straight about Medicare”, Feb. 2012Reseach Institute | EBRI. May 2008.
2 The Official U.S. Government Medicare Handbook. Medicare & You, 2012}

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