people that say that must be teachers that sit at a desk all day, or bankers...
I am an RN in a busy hospital.....you really want me there when I am 66 or 67 or 68?...trying to lift people, reading the fine print on medicines?....I don't want to be there....
you people with easy jobs, be my guest, work til you 80...
I have an intensly physical, mental, and emotional job and I can't see being able to do it in my sixties....
I guess I can always go the Disability route, which is the only route the govt. is leaving for people with difficult work...
Possibly, but don't count on it if you're thinking SSA Disability. Example: you work and pay FICA for 30-35 years. Quit work at 50 to care for elderly parents.....a few years later you get hit by a truck...disabled! File for your SSA disability...SORRY! Most people do not realize that the last few years are all that count toward your SSA disability, no matter how long you paid in. These new rules were set up not too many years ago and few realize that their benefits "run out". I know, it happened to me. Also, you will need to hire an attorney to even get through the burdensome, confusing process which will take years as you lose your home, health, everything...and IF you get an approval, medicare doesn't kick in for another two years after that. Check this out:
In addition to meeting our definition of disability, you must have worked long enough--and recently enough--under Social Security to qualify for disability benefits.
Social Security work credits are based on your total yearly wages or self-employment income. You can earn up to four credits each year.
The amount needed for a credit changes from year to year.
The number of work credits you need to qualify for disability benefits depends on your age when you become disabled. Generally, you need 40 credits, 20 of which were earned in the last 10 years ending with the year you become disabled. However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits. IMPORTANT: Remember that whatever your age is, you must have earned the required number of work credits within a certain period ending with the time you become disabled. Your Social Security Statement shows whether you meet the work requirement at the time it was prepared. If you stop working under Social Security after the date of the Statement, you may not continue to meet the disability work requirement in the future.
http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify2.htm ********
Everyone needs to read some of the statements on this petition to begin to understand the nightmare some tax paying citizens..many veterans, are going through. I'm not talking about the SSI program that is welfare for people who have not worked enough to have benefits...who by the way get medicare immediately..no 2 year wait.
http://www.PetitionOnLine.com/SSDC/petition.html