Handling Health & Wealth in Retirement - ARIES Foundation Think With A Drink

Accumulating a large pile of money is the goal during everyone's working years that will be used to pay for their costs of living in retirement. Our analogy is like climbing a mountain, getting to our retirement is like reaching the pinnacle point. Yeah, you made it! But ultimately what is the goal of climbing a mountain - To get to the top? NO! It's to get back down to base camp safely. This is the other half of retirement planning - going back down - or distribution of your money. And what is one of the biggest pitfalls or dangers that await every retiree on their way back down the mountain? Paying for Health Care.