Quote Originally Posted by Nord Jim View Post
Every senior citizen gets Medicare, not just the ones who planned badly. It was to prevent people on fixed incomes from being bankrupted by rising medical (and long-term care) costs.


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Quote Originally Posted by jockeys View Post
and yet, it was the ones who did well that spent their whole lives paying for it.

Actually, every Senior Citizen has access to Medicare, and those who pay the premiums in retirement get Medicare. It is not free.