Health Insurance Costs and Early Retirement Decisions

This project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, under the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative, grant number 29201. An earlier version of the paper was presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Population Association of America. The authors are grateful to Linda Bilheimer, Pam Loprest, Stan Panis, Cori Uccello, Sheila Zedlewski, and especially Len Burman for helpful comments and advice. Address correspondence to Richard W. Johnson, The Urban Institute, 2100 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037; Voice: (202) 261-5541; Fax: (202) 833-4388; e-mail: [email protected]. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Urban Institute or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.