{"id":583679,"date":"2026-04-14T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:24:07","slug":"retirees-are-facing-a-345000-bill-they-never-saw-coming-and-most-arent-prepared-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583679\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirees are facing a $345,000 bill they never saw coming \u2014 and most aren\u2019t prepared &#8211; Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOSDBPRWwyVTREUXhVM2dITmw3NmFIZlZ6dGc5MXBVRFdlZnQtelZfV0JVUjRMUVJvd3g3Z1NqWU96VmN1Q0JXWkNUMEI0S3dXRDVraW5pb1kyMFVlZ1FOeHBKYlVfRUhmWFhkclluaVU4NHRpZE42SjJMbzU3eXpEVW0ybTVRZXZoS3NiVS1wNmtIRG5qRzMzUldaR1hvSFR4N3plcHJtOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retirees are facing a $345,000 bill they never saw coming \u2014 and most aren\u2019t prepared<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fortune<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNeERLWUJna2RHa1lrdDkxQTRjQVhxT09GcG5yVzJ1Y1Z1ejhZeENDc0R4M2RHZDMtMnlqek54NXV4WHhPZkg1dHFkckRjdUE0dUZZRUx6MEE3cnEwcmNsUk9ITVVfNDVvRTV2YTBQU2JVMGNYYjc5ODNUanVvUHcyM2pITVhzUmQ2OGkyYVJQa2dVd1dDM3ozbzliN0w0YkoxcjB0RmdfZ9IBrAFBVV95cUxNMnp0dWR4azNYRW9zenZoY0hfSWhwcHF4WE9mV1VqdENFLXpUdS1DZ0FfSExHOXR5VkdLV2pkbm91MnFITXN1UVZMa0tCVnd3cmxKOVlzNU9HdFVObW9QbkVDb1AzTVFOZW0yUzhmYjBndU12OHFiT19aVHJtaE5yZ3V5NjJRUGRWcFo1QVRDMjlialFzV25BNW5VS0hJQkZnQWdxMEhXT2xmelJr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Couples may need more than $400,000 to cover health-care costs in retirement, even with Medicare<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPUkM1d2JBZHZiNVplN1VhTWhVUmVZTklsWWVHVHhUalVkM1N1NzBqaUdFMTBpTW9nVzdVVVdIZnVyeGVKd19CQmZzRG5MeFQzRkw1enMzUTVBLXRvYzlaRWY5aUZhNlB2R3hHR0xVX2p0MmF4MWlvcXpQMjlUMjN1Q2pSWklfQlBxUlVvYVBzR1E5UzBmdTNvdVUzM1hCT0FQdTRGYQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Need long-term care but never planned for it? Here&#8217;s a loophole<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;USA Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPejBCQnhvMjgtYWl1S2xQdmJTRjBHbk1XdWhCT2ZaQzB4cTZ4WTVXM1g0VUNqYjEwTWVqdGR6clh3VHNQOHRRQm1IM3JzeGpXM2c4WlFwMGZ5RVFHdkxVMWJLb2NwRnctT21pNUJXMC1aRm40M05OTEhyMl9fcWRvcktvM0xEd3p6NlBrX0dUSDhXZmRISm9uTl93?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1 Retirement Expense You Can&#8217;t Afford to Overlook in 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Motley Fool<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNTk5WRkc3YlhFbTZtUUIxWlhMWWdYYmwwb04zWm5DVkxtYUdUczhoaU5Gc3h0bHpidnBmWUNOaG5DTFQ5OHUzdUJpMFRvM0JWUDVqRlJ3QTJabDRzTGdvZVE0aENvT2dtVmE5MmgzbmxJUUltYmN1QW1PeEV4bUV4dzRoZW9jOXB0eHdTbHU2UzJJYzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gen X Calls Age \u2018Just a Number\u2019 \u2014 But $172K in Retirement Health Costs Begs To Differ<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Finance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Retirees are facing a $345,000 bill they never saw coming \u2014 and most aren\u2019t prepared&nbsp;&nbsp;FortuneCouples may need more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,9399,147,530,1666],"class_list":["post-583679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-mortgages","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}