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Is Mitt Romney on Social Security and/or Medicare? (Original Post)
hedgehog
Sep 2012
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MgtPA
(1,022 posts)1. Good question. He's old enough
I can't picture him turning down free $$$.
Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)7. Ha ha, free money
To Rmoney maybe. You and I put in a goodly portion of our wages, and expect to live on our monthly stipend. To Rmoney and his ilk, it's less than pocket change.
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grasswire
(50,130 posts)3. I never heard of this.
What is this process called, do you know?
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former9thward
(31,997 posts)5. That is no longer allowed.
As of December, 2010 you can only pay back within the first 12 months of first collecting benefits. http://moneyover55.about.com/od/socialsecuritybenefits/a/buybacksocialsecurity.htm
Johonny
(20,841 posts)6. He made a big deal saying he won't take medicare then so I'm guessing no ATM
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73890.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/romney-turns-65-isn-t-signing-medicare-162543228.html
This was a one day news cycle thing but I imagine he hasn't changed his mind on this... yet.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/romney-turns-65-isn-t-signing-medicare-162543228.html
This was a one day news cycle thing but I imagine he hasn't changed his mind on this... yet.