Right now the 3.2 percent unemployment rate for older workers may look pretty good—on the surface, that is.
But the July report from The New School’s Retirement Equity Lab reminds us that, despite those apparently rosy statistics for over-55 workers, employment statistics alone don’t tell the whole story—such as how good those jobs are, for instance.
And the news isn’t great, since 24 percent of those older workers do not have access to health insurance on the job—whether their own or their spouse’s.
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