…another reason to wait until age 70 to collect Social Security for those who can afford it.
{{ Once Americans make it to their late 50s, the wealthiest 10% live to a median age of around 86 years, roughly 14 years longer than the least wealthy 10%, according to a study published earlier this year in JAMA Internal Medicine.
People with more money can afford healthier food, more healthcare and homes in safer, less-polluted neighborhoods, says Kathryn Himmelstein, a co-author of the study and a medical director at the Boston Public Health Commission.
Though you can’t add more months or years to your online shopping cart yet, health and aging researchers say there are ways to spend money to improve your chances of living longer. They suggest favoring purchases that help you track your health, stay active and reduce stress. }}
I was diagnosed with a potentially deadly kidney disease 25 years ago at age 44 (lupus nephritis). I’m pretty sure that the fact I early retired in 1994 at age 38 has improved my longevity. Here’s the last set of labs I had done two weeks ago.
A value of 94 is about what you’d expect to see in a healthy 25-yr-old.
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