# Countdown to retirement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653 "2023-03-25T17:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 406
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653/406 "2023-07-06T14:39:23Z")
Cross-post from the Medicare thread: > [@America's Elder Crisis, Medicare Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-elder-crisis-medicare-edition/937146/223): > > A fresh question for anyone who’s dealt with starting Medicare recently. My whole life my wife and I have had medical insurance provided by her or my employer. As a result, we’ve always had the same insurance. Good or bad, it was the same for both of us. She turned 65 couple months ago. I retire on my 65th birthday a couple months from now. When that happens we will both lose our current insurance which comes from my employer. We intend to do some form of Medigap / Medicare Supplement insur… Anyone with any insight here? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653)._