Health
Too Young for Medicare, Too ‘Wealthy’ for Help: A Baltimore Business Owner’s Prescription Crisis at 59
Travis Thornton, 59, earns too much for Medicaid and is 6 years from Medicare. His…
Medicare eligibility age 65
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Health
He Earns Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for His Prescriptions — One Year From Medicare, Curtis Kessler Is Just Waiting
Curtis Kessler, 64, earns too much for Medicaid but can't cover his prescriptions. His story…
Health
He’s 63 With No Retirement Savings and a Wrecked Credit Score — Now Social Security Is His Only Plan
The window for the most consequential Social Security decision a person can make — when…
Health
After an $8,400 Medical Emergency, This Milwaukee Woman Discovered Medicare Won’t Help Her for 12 More Years
Most people assume that turning 65 is when the American healthcare safety net finally catches…
Social Security
A Bank Teller in Tucson Is Two Years From Retirement — and a $169 Billion Hole in Social Security Has Her Rethinking Everything
What would you do if the retirement safety net you spent four decades paying into…
Health
He’s an Accountant Who Knows All the Rules — at 48, He Still Can’t Afford His Own Prescriptions
The waiting room at the Denver Social Security Administration office on a Tuesday morning in…
Health
She’s 63, Uninsured, and Two Years Away From Medicare — This Is What That Actually Costs
Most people assume that by the time you’re 63 and still working, you’ve figured out…
Health
At 61, Her Health Insurance Costs $2,400 a Month — More Than Her Mortgage. She’s Counting the Days to Medicare
The morning I drove to meet Tanya Kirby, the sky over Baltimore was the flat…
Health
He Gave His Social Security Number to a Scammer — Then Spent 14 Months Trying to Get His Life Back
Have you ever picked up the phone and realized, mid-sentence, that the stranger on the…
Health
At 62 With $680K Saved and a Paid-Off Home, Warren Jeffries Still Can’t Sleep — Here’s What’s Keeping Him Up
The spreadsheet was open on Warren Jeffries’ laptop before I even sat down. He’d printed…