Mon.May 10, 2021

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Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000

Health Populi

To pay for health care expenses, the average nest-egg required for a couple retiring in the U.S. in 2021 will be $300,000 according to the 20th annual Fidelity Investments Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate. I’ve tracked this survey for over a decade here on Health Populi, and updated the annual chart shown here to reflect a $40,000 increase in retiree costs since 2016.

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We MUST transform the Human Experience in Healthcare: A Call to Action

The Beryl Institute

For over a year we have been living through an extended moment we never anticipated, a once in a century pandemic that created one global shared experience. It brought us face-to-face with our humanity as we experienced suffering and fear, separation and the unknown. The pandemic cracked the foundations on which healthcare, and even more significantly our society, was built and revealed wounds long buried or only subtly acknowledged.