Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter We're living longer, and that's wonderful news — until you sit down with a calculator. A 25- or 30-year retirement isn't unusual anymore. This means your health and money must last far longer than they did for your parents. One thing that affects both is preventive health spending. It sounds simple: Get the screenings, take the vaccines, keep up your checkups, stick to healthy habits.