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hollowdweller

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24. That's why we have an explosion of disability claims

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jun 2015

At one point a lot of people who worked physical jobs had retirement and health insurance.

Now we have a LOT of people who are working service jobs on their feet or lifting with NO retirement.

If you are a cook, or a nurse aid, or work in a dept store most people around 50 to 60 will begin to have back problems and arthritis. Some just because of their age will have cardiac problems.

So maybe those people can't do their jobs anymore but they can't retire at 60 anymore so they go for disability. Then there is the person who has a job, no insurance and has to take about 600 bucks worth of meds a month. Way better for that person to try to get disability, and Medicaid, then they can continue to work but under the amount of hours so they can keep their disability check. Working just doesn't pay for people who have medical expenses and no or very little insurance.

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What's wrong with the idea of later retirement age? [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 OP

It's not about when we retire - it's more about when benefits start to kick in NRaleighLiberal Jun 2015 #1

Many jobs just do not allow it... Wounded Bear Jun 2015 #2

Different people, different age limits. randome Jun 2015 #3

And as far as I know there is no law that forces people to retire. It is the companies that force jwirr Jun 2015 #4

Companies just find ways to force older employees out. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #10

IMO that is exactly why the age for eligibility should be lowered not raised. We already have jwirr Jun 2015 #12

Either that or we as a society should come up with work leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #17

There is a govenment program that allows companies/non-profits to hire people over 55. I worked jwirr Jun 2015 #21

You often get slower when you get older hollowdweller Jun 2015 #22

that happened to me and I either had to retire or get a lawyer to threaten an CTyankee Jun 2015 #27

It blocks younger people from getting those jobs. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #5

+1 nt Live and Learn Jun 2015 #8

Another good point. It was one of the reasons after WWII that the women went back to being jwirr Jun 2015 #15

Also either limiting overtime or making it pay double time. hollowdweller Jun 2015 #23

And no more of this nonsense of salaried workers working 80 or 100 hour weeks. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #25

Well, Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #6

That's why we have an explosion of disability claims hollowdweller Jun 2015 #24

I know a lot of people that you would be shocked to learn they were over 60 liberal N proud Jun 2015 #7

My bet is he wasn't a roofer or construction worker or farmer or miner. ret5hd Jun 2015 #16

Some kinds of work just wear people out at a young age. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #19

I played golf last week with... meaculpa2011 Jun 2015 #34

I agree health is the issue MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #9

It's a funny thing about age discrimination. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #13

Fortunately I never had that experience MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #35

Regrets of the dying ... GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #11

The problem is trying to find work that pays enough leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #14

That's a good point - that regret is sort of 'self-blaming', when chances are strong that the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #26

I'd like to see it lowered to 60 - full benefits. TBF Jun 2015 #18

That would make way too much sense. n/t leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #20

My current predicted retirement age is 255 years old. n/t PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #28

exactly. I used to work construction. Javaman Jun 2015 #29

absolutely shanti Jun 2015 #33

WHERE'S THE JOBS! TheNutcracker Jun 2015 #30

Jobs are available JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #32

Many civil service jobs come with age limits.... Historic NY Jun 2015 #31