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Understanding benefits, transitions, and households.
Benefits Beyond Work publishes education and research on what happens to benefits when work, life, or eligibility changes. Everything here cites its source — no unsourced figures, and no third-party research presented as our own.
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Research & Data
The Benefit Eligibility Gap: What Happens Beyond Full-Time Employment?
Employer benefits are built around full-time status. Federal data shows how sharply access drops for part-time workers — and why so many households end up buying coverage and protection on their own.
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Retirement Is a Household Benefit Event
One person's retirement date can move Medicare, a spouse's healthcare, household income, life insurance, and beneficiary preparedness at the same time. Planning it as an individual decision is what creates the gaps.
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Still Working at 65? What to Consider Before Making a Medicare Decision
Turning 65 while still employed does not automatically mean enrolling in all of Medicare. What matters is the size of your employer, how your coverage works, and whether a Special Enrollment Period will be available later.
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Research & Data
The Benefit Eligibility Gap: What Happens Beyond Full-Time Employment?
Employer benefits are built around full-time status. Federal data shows how sharply access drops for part-time workers — and why so many households end up buying coverage and protection on their own.
Read InsightPerspectives
Retirement Is a Household Benefit Event
One person's retirement date can move Medicare, a spouse's healthcare, household income, life insurance, and beneficiary preparedness at the same time. Planning it as an individual decision is what creates the gaps.
Read InsightGuides & Education
Still Working at 65? What to Consider Before Making a Medicare Decision
Turning 65 while still employed does not automatically mean enrolling in all of Medicare. What matters is the size of your employer, how your coverage works, and whether a Special Enrollment Period will be available later.
Read Insight
Benefits Beyond Work Pulse
Our own research program.
Pulse will publish original research on benefit eligibility, coverage transitions, and household benefit continuity. Topics are in development; findings are published only once collected, sourced, and reviewed — so there are no numbers here yet.
Topics in development
- Medicare transition readiness
- Retirement transition readiness
- Job-change benefit preparedness
- Beneficiary preparedness
- Part-time benefit gaps
- Caregiving and financial consequences
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