{"podcast":{"title":"Stay Wealthy Retirement Podcast","slug":"stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142","podcast_index_feed_id":958142,"rss_url":"https://staywealthysandiego.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.youstaywealthy.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/3/f/9/c3f997f69702bee388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Stay_Wealthy_Retirement_Podcast_Cover.jpeg","author":"Taylor Schulte, CFP®","episode_count":272,"summary":"Retirement is too important to leave to guesswork, headlines, or conflicting advice. The Stay Wealthy Retirement Show is an award-winning retirement podcast designed to help you make smarter decisions with your money, reduce taxes, invest wisely, and create a retirement income plan you can trust. Want to avoid overpaying the IRS in retirement? Prepare for the next stock market downturn? Optimize retirement timing? Turn your investments into reliable income without second-guessing every decision? You're in the right place. I'm Taylor Schulte, a Certified Financial Planner™ and retirement tax planning expert. Each week, I simplify the biggest retirement planning questions so you can feel more informed, more confident, and better prepared to \"stay wealthy\" in retirement.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T18:18:09.175720+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142"},"episode":{"title":"Why Healthcare Before Medicare Shouldn't Stop You From Retiring Early","slug":"why-healthcare-before-medicare-shouldn-t-stop-you-from-retiring-early","published_at":"2026-03-05T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142/why-healthcare-before-medicare-shouldn-t-stop-you-from-retiring-early","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142","url":"https://www.youstaywealthy.com/273","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/staywealthysandiego/sw-273-final.mp3?dest-id=513717","summary":"Health insurance is keeping millions of Americans stuck in jobs they'd otherwise leave. In fact, 1 in 5 workers ages 50–64 say they're staying put because of their employer health coverage. And with recent changes to the ACA, that pressure is only growing. In this episode, I cover: → Why healthcare before Medicare has become a psychological roadblock to early retirement → Why the real cost of waiting until 65 may not be what you think → The options many people overlook and the tradeoffs worth understanding Because for most people, the healthcare challenge does have a solution. And the worst thing you can do is never explore your options at all. *** 📆 BOOK A CALL: Your retirement involves complex, interconnected decisions—taxes, income, healthcare, estate planning, investments. See how they fit together in one coordinated strategy built around your numbers. 👉 Learn More and Book a Call *** EPISODE RESOURCES: → Grab the Episode Show Notes → Join the Stay Wealthy Retirement Newsletter → Learn About the Total Retirement System™","meta_description":"Health insurance is keeping millions of Americans stuck in jobs they'd otherwise leave. In fact, 1 in 5 workers ages 50–64 say they're staying put because…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1620,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142/episodes/why-healthcare-before-medicare-shouldn-t-stop-you-from-retiring-early/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stay-wealthy-retirement-podcast-958142/why-healthcare-before-medicare-shouldn-t-stop-you-from-retiring-early.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}