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SHRED

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4. I am hoping on the State exchange pools...

Reply to TBF (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:14 PM

Aug 2012

...expected in 2014.

But I still do not know if they will be affordable for a couple like us in our income and asset range.
My retirement, should I retire now, would be around $26 to 30K per year.
It's just a shame that even with what we have (which I consider lower middle) we are forced to remain in the work pool because of health insurance.

I swear they want us to work until we drop dead.

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What would it mean to our economy if people like me could retire... [View all] SHRED Aug 2012 OP

Yes, indeed. Imagine if we had comprehensive care for all, not just in early retirement, but... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #1

Good lord! I didn't think I would ever stop scrolling. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #12

I agree - and I expect we will be in the same boat in 20 years. TBF Aug 2012 #2

I am hoping on the State exchange pools... SHRED Aug 2012 #4

Your age is the critical factor. Insurance companies are allowed to eridani Aug 2012 #19

if there were medicare for all, you could n/t grasswire Aug 2012 #3

We couldn't even get Lieberman to vote for... SHRED Aug 2012 #5

I think you're making a very important point - for the whole economy. spooky3 Aug 2012 #6

thank you SHRED Aug 2012 #7

At my school district Freddie Aug 2012 #8

exactly SHRED Aug 2012 #9

I'll tell you what it would mean nichomachus Aug 2012 #10

My economic stimulus plan - teewrex Aug 2012 #11

That's Not A Bad Idea Yavin4 Aug 2012 #16

I know the feeling. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #13

If push came to shove...and it might SHRED Aug 2012 #14

Retire to almost any other country ErikJ Aug 2012 #15

There are many of us in exactly the same position. Medicare for All would be a jobs boom... Scuba Aug 2012 #17

Isn't it odd how a few unsophisticated rubes on a message board don't seem to have any problem Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #18

The "serious" people running things have different incentives apparently SHRED Aug 2012 #20