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Additionally, many employers are reducing or eliminating
future retirees’ healthcare benefits.

More Americans are afraid of paying for care
than of getting a serious illness.

100
90 3.7
3.4
80
70 2.9
2.4
60
Percent 50
40
30 33 40 30 36 35
20 24
10
0
Extremely/Very afraid Moderately afraid Not very/Not at all afraid

Getting seriously ill Paying for care if you get seriously ill

Question: How afraid are you of . . .
Source: West Health Institute/NORC poll conducted February 15-19, 2018, with 1,302 adults nationwide.

Long-Term Care

Another looming healthcare crisis facing both retirees and our
country as a whole is the rising number of retirees needing long-

Chapter 5: Things That Can Wreck Your Retirement