Why Bernie Sanders' single-payer push is great policy and even better politics

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17. Sounds like we're in silimar boats here.

My current retirement plan is 65. A significant part of that focus is unemployed healthcare costs.

With savings, and company-incentive stocks that I've built up over the years combined with having my home paid off, and no auto loans since my first car back in 1986, I could pretty easily retire at 55, or at the very least go independent consultant with a much more laxed work schedule.

Going without insurance at all, and potentially losing everything I've worked my entire adult life for in one bad timed illness, or accident isn't an option, and the cost of 55-65 insurance is so absurd. Even with the ACA, a plan still costs 3x as much for older/pre-medicare applicants than younger ones.

I imagine the 2 of us are not alone in this boat. Would open up a lot of higher end jobs to the younger market a decade or more earlier.