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Demographic assumptions:
- The couple retires this year at age 65
- The husband will live 15 years and the wife will live 20 years
- The couple has no employer-sponsored health coverage
What that figure includes:
- Premiums for Medicare Part B coverage, which pays for outpatient care and physician services
- Premiums for the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit
- Typical costs for copayments, coinsurance, deductibles and benefits exclusions
- Out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs
The $190,000 figures doesnot include the cost of:
- Over-the-counter drugs
- Dental services
- Long term care
Source: Fidelity Investments, Boston
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