Retirees ill prepared for the long-term costs (AP via Yahoo! News)

The high cost of long-term health care will drag down the quality of life for nearly two-thirds of today's retirees. It can cost $77,000 a year for a nursing home room and $20,000 for in-home care, expenses that many people are ill prepared to absorb, said the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
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You know what they say about death and taxes - even if you're on ... Boston Globe, United States As a retired federal employee, I receive a monthly annuity and a little Social Security from work before and after my federal employment. I also have a few hundred thousand in savings, but nothing in the stock market. I have IRAs in the amount of about ...
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