Not exact matches
Only 7 % of
retirees were able to retire
early because of good planning.
In the
early 1980s,
only 43 percent of new
retirees had any retirement benefits other than Social Security.
Conventional wisdom holds that the majority of
early retirees are in good health and that
only a minority are in poor health.
The majority of
early retirees are in poorer health and have higher mortality risk than age 65
retirees, and
only a minority have health and mortality risk as good as that of age 65
retirees.
As a matter of fact, the KFF study reported that of those large companies who offer
retiree health benefits,
only 66 % offer it to
early retirees (roughly 16 % of all large firms — 66 % of the 23 % that offer coverage).
Most
retirees believe their
only choices for Social Security are to file
early or to file when they reach full retirement age.
Many
retirees spend more freely
early in retirement, then cut back
only to spend more again as they incur higher medical expenses late in life.
If
only more people knew how much they were giving up by changing some of their financial strategies, and if
only they implemented improved financial strategies, then maybe we would have less foreclosures and more
early retirees in the world.
Workers and
early retirees offered
only skimpy employer plans can shop for their own coverage on the exchanges.