10/16/2026
The average retirement savings at 65: $200,000.
Home care runs $80,000 a year.
That’s 2.5 years.
But the average person who needs care needs it for 3. Women, close to 4.
The math doesn’t work. The savings run out before the care does.
And nobody talks about this until the bill is already on the table.
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