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Working 20 Hours a Week at Starbucks Can Bridge the Health Insurance Gap Before Medicare
Original: Twenty Hours a Week at Starbucks Will Give a 60-Year-Old With $230,000 Saved What Her Nest Egg Can't: Health Insurance Until Medicare
A 60-year-old retiree with $230,000 saved is being advised to work about 20 hours a week at Starbucks, not for the income but for the health insurance. The company's benefits for part-time employees can cover the costly years between early retirement and Medicare eligibility at 65, a gap many savings portfolios struggle to absorb. The story is fueling wider debate about how Americans approaching retirement manage medical coverage.
Why now: It highlights a practical, much-discussed strategy for closing the health insurance gap between early retirement and Medicare at 65.
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- Twenty Hours a Week at Starbucks Will Give a 60-Year-Old With $230,000 Saved What Her Nest Egg Can't: Health Insurance Until Medicare · 24/7 Wall St.
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