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dkf

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12. I'm very sorry to hear about your mom.

Reply to Maine-ah (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:44 AM

Dec 2012

But this is more about your Medicare. These changes aren't going to happen yet sp you still have may years to prepare. If you know it's going to be 67 aren't you going to adjust your retirement age perhaps or save for the premium for later?

Your mom was part of a generation where the women didn't have the opportunities and were largely taken care of by their husbands. But that isn't the case anymore.

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How Many People Will Die if We Raise the Medicare Age to 67? [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

Sounds like a good question for a phone call to your senators. nt patrice Dec 2012 #1

Then you've got to make it affordable. Raising the age is just the easiest way to do it. dkf Dec 2012 #2

Not the easiest for those who die. Or are you advocating fast killing drugs? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2012 #4

It's the easiest to do because a monkey can white out 65 and put 67. dkf Dec 2012 #5

But it would be millionaires, whiting out 1265 people, probably before lunch. Not monkees. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #6

What does a random person with a million dollars have to do with any of those people? dkf Dec 2012 #7

I'm not elected and choose to represent the greedy, so no, you are wrong. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #8

Oh your "millionaires" are our senators and reps.... dkf Dec 2012 #9

Sort of. But they are choosing to MAKE it a lie. Today. I remember some guy that was jtuck004 Dec 2012 #11

This is exactly what you mentioned...they are fessing up and saying there won't be the funding dkf Dec 2012 #15

Actually it is realistic. OKNancy Dec 2012 #16

Medicare doesn't even try to pay for itself so that is moot. The question is if it is payable at all dkf Dec 2012 #18

LOL - now this is ridiculous. There is no comparison OKNancy Dec 2012 #20

Maybe if you read our own government's reports once in a while you would understand. dkf Dec 2012 #21

I understand plenty. Here is what I understand OKNancy Dec 2012 #24

We aren't Greece...yet. But we could be. dkf Dec 2012 #25

my finances are just fine, thank you OKNancy Dec 2012 #27

Ahhhh...so you don't run your household the way you would like this country to be run. dkf Dec 2012 #28

Lets NOT think of the easiest way, lets look for a more complex solution that doesn't advocate death JaneyVee Dec 2012 #17

Well that is kind or my point. Raising the age is the lazy way. dkf Dec 2012 #19

Maybe we should keep hospital part a benefits at 65 but raise the age on the doctors and drugs. dkf Dec 2012 #3

anecdotal and all... Maine-ah Dec 2012 #10

I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. dkf Dec 2012 #12

as a bartender.... Maine-ah Dec 2012 #13

Shifting the financial burden of health care costs to 66 year olds on fixed incomes? Telly Savalas Dec 2012 #23

Hard to say. This better not happen. Or there will be hell to pay for anyone who votes Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #14

Many, many more that will be shot. This is our problem, we seem completely incapable of objective Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #22

That's the whole idea! Turbineguy Dec 2012 #26

yes. isn't that a sad statement on where we are? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #29