Reply #46: Amen, I love your solution

[juajen]

We get cost of living increases, but my husband's is always mostly taken up by increase in medicare. Because I opted to take my ss early, I am not covered by medicare. It was a difficult choice for me, but we really needed my additional ss to live. Though I am disabled now also, because I stayed home with my hubbie to care for him, I did not get my time in to be eligible for disability, even though I had worked for over 30 years by the time I drew mine, just not in the last ten years. However, my hubbie had paid in the maximum, so his disability is pretty high compared to what a lot of people draw. So, in a lot of ways, I'm lucky. The worst is that I am not covered by health insurance. I have to wait until I am 65 yrs. and 8 months. When Clinton left office, this was at 65. I resent those extra 8 months and also think that because I was disabled and had no choice but to stay home with my hubbie, that I should be eligible for medicare. I have health problems, so this is a real problem.