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BSdetect

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8. If you earn income from investments your nest egg ought to grow even as you cash in some each year

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Fri Jan 3, 2020, 09:17 AM

Jan 2020

So having $1 million may last more than 10 years if you spend $100,000 per year.

Medical expenses are the great unknown and could be devastating for many of us. In the USA that is especially so.

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How to think about retirment [View all] question everything Oct 2019 OP

Not included, is the reduction of expenses when you get old. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #1

Part of the same story suggested that the biggest expenses of households heading by someone question everything Oct 2019 #2

Fidelity: a couple will need $280,000 just for health care. Does not include long-term care progree Oct 2019 #3

Does this include premium for supplemental insurance? question everything Oct 2019 #4

Does this include premium for supplemental insurance? - yes. progree Oct 2019 #5

If you mean can Health Savings Accounts be used to pay for healthcare premiums... progree Oct 2019 #6

Just common sense. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #7

If you earn income from investments your nest egg ought to grow even as you cash in some each year BSdetect Jan 2020 #8

I often look at my money and think, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #9