Created: January 22, 2022
Modified: May 14, 2024
4 Major Retirement Concerns of Workers
This weekend’s segment of Better Money Boston on WCVB5 focuses on concerns that people have pre-retirement.
Watch now as Joel Johnson, CFP® discusses:
- Social Security funding shortfalls
- Cost of health care
- Solutions for long-term care
- More access to employer-sponsored retirement plans and other savings programs
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