Healthcare costs for retirees climb to $285,000

Broken down by gender, the estimate is $150,000 for women and $135,000 for men, according to Fidelity Investments’ annual analysis. The amounts exclude things not covered by Medicare — dental, basic vision, over-the-counter medicines, long-term care. The nation’s health expenditure growth is anticipated to average 5.5 percent annually from 2017 through 2026, compared with 4.6 percent through 2028 for Medicare’s per-capita spending.