White House: Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Is Off The Table

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47. I am permanently disabled & rely totally on SS...

I have looked at the SS COLA Indexing & it is not near as bad as folks here make it out to be..." under three-tenths of a percentage point less each year". Plus, Obama has called for protections for folks like myself & others who need it the most. "The White House reportedly linked its acceptance of the chained CPI with safeguards to protect lower-income and disabled beneficiaries as well as veterans."

The idea that most here have that Obama can get 100% of everything folks here want but he simply chooses not to is ridiculous...At some point there will have to be compromise & this is a compromise I can live with in order to get other more important things we want.

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/12/19/how-chained-cpi-affects-social-security-cola

It would be nice if we could get everything we want but that is not reality...I will say this, if we don't do anything now then if by chance the GOP gets in full control again then every cut will come from Medicare, Medicaid & SS. I think about this all the time & would much rather try to live with "under three-tenths of a percentage point less each year" than I would begging on the street for food if the GOP gets what they want.

So, you may have principal like I do but principal does not put food on the table & pay medical bills.

If we stand on "principal" we don't compromise & NOTHING gets done...However, if we want progress then we will have to compromise something so what would that be if EVERYTHING is off the table? Sure, it would be nice if all the cuts came from the DOD but we both know that is literally impossible with 60+ votes in the Senate & control of the House.