Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 01:34     Subject: Are you delaying Retirement so your Adult Children can have medical coverage?
Anonymous wrote:I am a fed manger with a 25 year old employee that is still on her parents health insurance plan. It never occurred to her to sign up for her own insurance. I found that peculiar but I guess because there is still a cost to their kid her parents were happy to keep her on their plan as long as they could. She is an only child.



We have military insurance as retirees and we will look at the cost/benefit and if its a better plan/more cost effective we will keep our child on as long as we can. We have to pay for it after 22, but for us, it doesn't matter if we have a family of 3/4 or 20, its the same price so you keep the kids on as long as possible.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 23:29     Subject: Are you delaying Retirement so your Adult Children can have medical coverage?
I am a fed manger with a 25 year old employee that is still on her parents health insurance plan. It never occurred to her to sign up for her own insurance. I found that peculiar but I guess because there is still a cost to their kid her parents were happy to keep her on their plan as long as they could. She is an only child.

Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 16:31     Subject: Are you delaying Retirement so your Adult Children can have medical coverage?
And wouldn't do it back for you.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 16:31     Subject: Are you delaying Retirement so your Adult Children can have medical coverage?
Anonymous wrote:A new “Parents & Finances” survey from Ameriprise Financial found that 45% are paying for the health insurance of their children over the age of 21. And it’s not just that: 84% are contributing to the purchase of a car, 73% are helping to pay for weddings, and 63% are helping with ongoing expenses like cellphones.

These adult children are expensive


And most of them complain a lot.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 15:50     Subject: Are you delaying Retirement so your Adult Children can have medical coverage?
I'm 53 and my kids are 28 and 24. I was never going to retire before the younger one turns 26, although that sounds delightful. I'll probably retire when my older kid is 39 or 40, yikes.