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Ask the Expert: Wife needs insurance

Lynn Brenner

Lynn Brenner Lynn Brenner

Brenner answers questions about all aspects of family finance.

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I'm 60 years old and receiving Social Security Disability. Rather than start Medicare, I opted to maintain primary coverage in my employer's health plan, which covers my wife, who's much younger than I am. But that plan is increasingly expensive, and I'll no longer be eligible for it at 65. Can I drop my employer coverage and switch to Medicare, and then find a policy to cover my wife?

 

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