I am on Medicare so you can imagine my worries
I can agree with that concern, my husband and son are both disabled. That makes the future uncertain.
I have been thinking of retiring in five years.
As things stand now I will make that decision after the 2012 election. I have a tax shelter that as of now Congress has not taxes,(although I have heard rumors of a future one time tax before it is taken out). With that and a pension if that still is around, I should be able to pay off my home equity loan and CC and have a nest egg to live off of (If some egg sucking weasle does not steal it)