Welcome back to the early retirement podcast, and if you want to retire early, you likely will no

longer have to worry about work, and not just likely, you won't have to worry about it because

you're no longer working. However, you are going to have to think about where is health insurance

going to come from if you want to retire early, and when I say early, before age 65, before you're

eligible for Medicare, you're going to want to

consider where do I buy health insurance to bridge that gap in coverage? Should you go to the

private marketplace? Should you go get a second job? Should you look at a spouse's coverage?

Those are all of the types of things that we're going to be talking about during today's

episode. And once again, I just hop right into the episodes as opposed to having that intro. I shared that

on a previous episode. So if you are new to the podcast, welcome. If you are a long time listener,

thank you for your support. My kind ask is that if you find anything in this episode helpful,

please do rate it five stars

and leave a kind review to let me know what has been helpful. I always love to hear how you guys

are feeling about the podcast, ways I can improve the show, and just feedback. So thank you. It's been

really fun getting to see the podcast grow over the past few years, and I want to help more people

retire early. So thank you for helping me. The first thing here when it comes to an early

retirement, when it comes to health insurance, is when do you qualify for Medicare? So one thing that

people tend to forget about, and it's probably because it doesn't apply to you, but I couldn't

sleep a night if I didn't at least say this so that you all know that this is an option, which is, you're right. In most cases,

you only qualify for Medicare when you become 65. However, please note the following, which I,

once again, unlikely it applies to you, but I just have to say it for my conscience, if that's

okay. If you're under 65, you may be eligible to enroll in Medicare.

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