CNBC December 4, 2019
Sarah O'Brien

KEY POINTS
  • The U.S. is expected to spend $6 trillion on health care by 2027, or about $17,000 per person, up from about $3.5 trillion in 2017 ($11,000 per person).
  • The average 65-year-old male-female couple retiring in 2019 will spend an estimated $285,000 on health care over the rest of their lives.
  • Some advisors are looking closely at how their clients use the health care system and how their costs can be better managed.

Find yourself struggling to manage your health-care costs in retirement? You’re not alone.

As the cost of health care continues climbing faster than the rate of inflation and an aging population is living longer, many financial advisors are...

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