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How Health Insurance Shapes Early Retirement Decisions
Lucas and Luna dig into the single biggest wild card for early retirees: health insurance. Before the Affordable Care Act, retiring before Medicare meant either working for benefits or gambling on catastrophic coverage. Today, the ACA marketplace exists — but subsidy cliffs, network narrowness, and state-by-state variation create a complicated puzzle. Lucas walks through the 2026 subsidy rules, what happens if you accidentally earn one dollar over the threshold, and why your withdrawal strategy may need to account for premium tax credits. Luna asks whether moving to a state with a stronger…
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