[dp0622]

I thought SS was based on your work $$ through the years

also, if you look at the chart, medicaid doesn’t eat all that much.

Blame it on people living to 90 and 100 nowadays

There’s not always a boogeyman behind a problem

Though on this site there always seems to be :)

[um1990]

“Blame it on people living to 90 and 100 nowadays”

Sure... I’ve been paying in a hefty amount for the past 30 years (and likely will be for the next 10-15 years)... Now I’ll receive the blame because I keep myself healthy... Makes sense. (My Dad’s turning 90, and gets a very, very tiny SS check, even though he worked his *ss off his whole life - He’s not complaining BTW, even though there are numerous people he knows getting more than him on a SS “disability”)...

I’ll take the SS “contributions” I’ve made over the years back and open my own IRA, please and thank you.