I’m not advising everyone to reject SS.
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979. She beat it.
In 1995 she was diagnosed with lung cancer. She beat it to a draw but was never the same vibrant person as before that cancer. By 2000 she was an invalid.
In 2005 more cancer; tumors near her spine. Radiation zapped that away but by then her immune system had been compromised.
She succumbed to a simple lung infection when antibiotics were not effective.
None of the above medical care could have been done without Medicare or Big Pharma.
It is there for those who must have it - that’s just IMHO.
Didn’t mean to imply you were.
Just describing my situation. The whole system is based on thievery and ignorance, but it’s here until it implodes.
My condolences for the loss of your Mother.