Although six out of 10 retired boomers feel better than they expected to about retirement, that doesn't mean that the road has been totally smooth.

In fact, boomers are waking up to new financial realities they didn't expect, such as higher spending on health care, travel, taxes, utilities and food.

That's according to new research from Capital Group, which finds that some of the financial surprises boomers face in retirement are from increased spending in areas they didn't anticipate: health care, travel and taxes.

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