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Adults are worried about affording health insurance after retirement, AARP poll finds

A new poll finds that U.S. adults in their 50s and early 60s often share a similar health care concern: whether they’ll be able to afford health insurance when they retire. The AARP/University of Michigan poll surveyed more than 1,000 adults and found that 45 percent aren’t confident they’ll be able to pay for health insurance when they stop working. Another 19 percent of adults ages 50 to 64 said they decided to stay in their current positions — instead of changing jobs or retiring — because they wanted to keep their insurance coverage.