19 percent of workers aged 50–64 are postponing job changes or retirement just so they can keep their current employer's coverage. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Workers who haven't yet retired are worried about affording health insurance — both now and when they do retire.
So say new findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging, which reveal that 45 percent of those in their 50s and early 60s have little or no confidence about their ability to pay for health coverage once they retire.
In addition, 27 percent said they're not sure they can afford their coverage over the next year — with 10 percent saying they'd thought about going without health insurance for 2019 (but just 5 percent actually decided to risk it at the time of the poll).
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
