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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 02:00 PM
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14. No worries, they won't hire 65-67 year olds. My friend who is 60 applied at my
brother in laws factory and the plant manager told my brother in law that my friend was to old, we all know that the plant manager was wrong. If you are 60-67 and need a job you are pretty much screwed.
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  -What happens to businesses if they have to insure 65-67 year olds?? SugarShack  Sep-09-11 01:38 PM   #0 
  - It doesn't matter  Hawkowl   Sep-09-11 01:40 PM   #1 
  - exactly...but those now working will get let go.  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 01:53 PM   #9 
  - i predict many 65-67 year-olds will be uninsured n/t  Enrique   Sep-09-11 01:42 PM   #2 
  - I wasn't aware that there is a specific proposal to raise the Medicare age.  The Velveteen Ocelot   Sep-09-11 01:42 PM   #3 
  - words were...must make changes but will not change it for those already in the system. that's  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 01:56 PM   #10 
  - You need to realize that the decision was made to include some  truedelphi   Sep-09-11 01:58 PM   #12 
  - I'll steer them right here...start with Gov. Rick Scott of FLA who stole 4 BILLION from Medicare!  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 02:03 PM   #15 
  - Florida always shows the nation what is happening to us  truedelphi   Sep-09-11 02:08 PM   #18 
  - providers are already complaining that they  dana_b   Sep-09-11 02:09 PM   #19 
  - Already a scheduled 29.5% cut to physicians next year  Yo_Mama   Sep-09-11 02:16 PM   #23 
     - Yes, great post. In our area there is only one physician who accepts Medicare.  anneboleyn   Sep-09-11 02:54 PM   #27 
        - All I know  Yo_Mama   Sep-09-11 04:24 PM   #29 
        - Very good post.  truedelphi   Sep-10-11 02:34 PM   #32 
        - Thank you. It hurts to know that anyone is thrown to the  truedelphi   Sep-10-11 02:39 PM   #33 
  - The only thing I've ever heard the president  Control-Z   Sep-09-11 02:22 PM   #24 
  - It was already on the table once.  woo me with science   Sep-09-11 03:04 PM   #28 
  - Single payer  Broderick   Sep-09-11 01:42 PM   #4 
  - Indeed. Medicare was a mess when it began, and was changed overnight to single payer.  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 01:58 PM   #11 
     - Medicare is a mess NOW  Broderick   Sep-09-11 02:03 PM   #16 
  - Some of them will drop health coverage for everyone.  dtexdem   Sep-09-11 01:43 PM   #5 
  - Congrats!!! You paid for it! Obamacare they have to provide thus another reason to repeal it.  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 02:00 PM   #13 
  - I'm sure that waivers can be put in place  Autumn   Sep-09-11 01:48 PM   #6 
  - I was receiving health care insurance at my job until I was  RebelOne   Sep-09-11 01:50 PM   #7 
  - Rare so not costly ...yet. Please read what happened when ALL 65-67 yr olds had to be considered.  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 02:07 PM   #17 
  - Three summers ago, I hit the streets with my resume  truedelphi   Sep-09-11 01:51 PM   #8 
  - So just how was this a pep speech for jobs? He has now scared the shit out of everyone 55 and up!  SugarShack   Sep-09-11 02:11 PM   #20 
  - "Obama makes it so damn easy for them"  FiveGoodMen   Sep-09-11 02:43 PM   #25 
     - "That's why they made it so easy for him to get elected."  SammyWinstonJack   Sep-10-11 03:19 PM   #36 
  - oh truedelphi - that makes me nauseous  dana_b   Sep-09-11 02:14 PM   #21 
  - This says it all. I wish Obama could hear this story. (nt)  enough   Sep-09-11 02:15 PM   #22 
  - Wouldn't help.  FiveGoodMen   Sep-09-11 02:44 PM   #26 
  - Please consider starting a thread with this. nt  raccoon   Sep-13-11 10:03 AM   #38 
  - No worries, they won't hire 65-67 year olds. My friend who is 60 applied at my  sarcasmo   Sep-09-11 02:00 PM   #14 
  - They already have enough reasons  customerserviceguy   Sep-09-11 08:38 PM   #30 
  - They still pay health care for 80 year old managers, and friggin' CEO's - so they  jtuck004   Sep-09-11 09:31 PM   #31 
  - Tiny kick to keep this topic alive. n/t  truedelphi   Sep-10-11 02:41 PM   #34 
  - For most seniors, Medicare only becomes your primary insurance when you retire.  tritsofme   Sep-10-11 02:43 PM   #35 
  - nothing, people over 40 are fired and become unemployable already  pitohui   Sep-10-11 03:20 PM   #37 
 

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