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Having employer-sponsored health insurance does not insulate midlife adults – those between the ages of 50 and 64 – from the burden of high health care costs. This cohort faces higher rates of chronic conditions and requires additional routine care as they age, but high costs drive many people to delay or avoid medical care because they can't afford it, according to an AARP report.

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