No. You may have some smaller problems coming up but in general terms you are safe. The most likely scenario is for them to means test SS or to tax it. If you depend on it like you say you do, you should be safe in both instances.
There are a lot of people (like my parents) who also paid into SS but don't really need it to survive. It's nice to have but not necessary. They will be the ones who are likely to be hurt. If it is means tested, they will have other income high enough that they will not qualify for SS benefits. If it is taxed, their other income would put them into a high enough bracket that the benefits are taxed away. If you really do depend on the income then you will qualify for the benefits and they will not be taxed away.
If I were you, I wouldn't worry about that at all. Where you might have cause to be concerned is Medicare. You might lose some benefits and the services will be slower and poorer in quality. As a country we can and will handle SS benefits to you and those becoming elegible in the next few years. For the ones coming after that, who knows?
I wish they *would* get rid of his Medicare.
It’s worthless to him.
He was -forced- into accepting [and paying for] it even though we pay for excellent health insurance already.
He asked if he had “a choice” about the Medicare and they told him yes; you can refuse it and we’ll cancel your BC/BS *or* you can take it and pay for it.
His SS is already being taxed.
Why do I have a horrible feeling that the societal leeches will prosper under That One’s reign and the rest of us will suffer mightily?
Because it’s “fair”?
How is it fair that those who will not work will have the same [or more] rights than those who will?