So, Since I'm Retiring In 18 Months...

[ProfessorGAC]

...and this repeal plan doesn't kick in until after I'm Medicare eligible, this plan doesn't affect me.
That said, FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS!
This the difference between me and them. I care that they're fucking up shit that doesn't hurt me.
That's what liberals do!!!!l
We're 7 figure people, but we know wrong when we see it!

[Jersey Devil]

1. Doesn't affect you? Really?

Once they roll back Medicaid, you don't think Medicare is next?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Read it again!

I said to them fuck you!
I HATE what they're doing

[ProfessorGAC]

11. It Still Doesn't affect me

Are you another who has missed FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS?
I read it! The constituency that elects a lot of these idiots won't vote for anyone who fucks with Medicare or they lose their cushy do nothing gig
So, this HORRIBLE legislation won't affect me
And still I say FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS!
This is our problem
I'm on the right side of this and already everyone here is puking on me when my message is FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS
Way to miss the message
No wonder we lose elections

[Jersey Devil]

21. Maybe we lose elections because some of us are smartasses who think they are superior to everyone

That kind of stuff shines through.

[jehop61]

2. Even those of us

who would be grandfathered and keep the existing plan, now have children in their middle age who would be the big losers. We think of them and what they would miss. We will still fight!

[brewens]

30. I hate this grandfathered in crap. That's why I always say, fix it or end it to all of these

proposals. Younger people should raise holy hell to be expected to still pay for people on medicare or whatever, if we don't get the same deal. It's all the older right-wingers (and some of our own) thinking they have theirs, so fuck everyone else, that makes this things fly. They need to be made to understand that if I lose my medicare, they are done as well!

[Vinca]

3. I'm on Medicare and I don't trust them. If they're allowed to destroy Medicaid, Grandma is next.

It's also my understanding that the prescription drug "donut hole" coverage goes away for seniors if the GOP "funnel loot to the rich" bill passes. Then there are also the large number of us who couldn't afford a nursing home if we needed one. We might be older, but we're not safe by any means.

[Doreen]

4. I have been on medicare for some odd twenty years

and believe me we DO have a lot to worry about. I look at what I am voting on and if it does not effect me but effects others I would vote in their favor because it is the only right thing to do.

[DFW]

5. I think I'll have no option but to keep working

I wasn't planning on retiring for another 15 years anyway--I'm only 65. But even so, the country where I'm living wants €30,000 out of my pocket ($66,000 of pre-tax income) to give me health insurance, so if my US insurance disappears, if I get sick, I'm in bad shape.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. And Yet...

...I have that kind of $
And still I'm saying FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS
No wonder we lose to idiots on the other side

[DFW]

17. The problem was never people with money who tell them to fuck off

The problem was always people with no money who don't

[boston bean]

28. True, but also true the other way around for republicans.

[rzemanfl]

29. Well said. n/t

[JenniferJuniper]

6. Odds are very high it will affect you

They don't have any use for the sick, the poor, or the old. Medicare will be stripped down next and if you are only in your early or mid 60's you will almost certainly be affected if you or your spouse come down with a serious illness, as many of us eventually do.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. And It Still Won't Matter

You're not listening
Their plans won't affect us
And my main message is FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS
Why are you not seeing this as a good thing?

[JenniferJuniper]

18. Seeing what exactly as a good thing?

You aren't making much sense.

[Skittles]

25. I MAKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT I VOTE DEMOCRATIC!

that's nice

[karynnj]

7. Unless you have no younger loved ones, it might affect you

Through them. Like you, I am on Medicare and my husband will be too on July 1. We are affected because we have three daughters, all with some pre existing condition. They won't be immediately affected, but I can not rule out it not being a problem in the future.

In addition, while I hope none of us ever need a nursing home, Medicaid, which funds it after resources are exhausted, is being cut.

The idea that ANYONE not in the top 1 or 2 percent could be impacted directly or indirectly is a message we need to get out. You and I are fortunate ones for whom things work at least now and we still care because what is being done is wrong. For those less altruist, the message should be that they might need the safety net being slashed some te in the future. All to give people with millions more money.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Wrong

And you're lecturing to someone who doesn't need the lecture
We'll be dead before it matters and our parents have been dead for 8 to 25 years
Again, since you're not listening, this WON'T affect us and my message is FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS
what part of that escaped you

[Blue_true]

8. Good for you to retire.

I will retire when I get taken out of the workplace, horizontal, boots first.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. For That I'm Truly sorry

We're luckier than most! Yet we vote dem every fucking time
My point is that even though these idiots think we're one of them, they couldn't be more wrong
Hence, FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS

[Blue_true]

23. I work because I want to. I can't imagine retiring.

But some people like to retire so they can do other things.

[bhikkhu]

27. I'm considering retiring myself

though I have a very god job, and I'm still pretty good at it. But there's two books I'd like to finish writing, and various other things I'd like to do while I can still put words together and function well physically. In my case, the math is whether I have enough saved to make it to social security; a year more on the job should do it.

[Blue_true]

31. You are writing books? I am finishing on on space scifi. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Everyone Isn't Getting This

I read the details
It won't affect me
What part of FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS are you folks not getting?

[LeftInTX]

16. It cuts Medicare taxes

20 SEC. 117. REPEAL OF MEDICARE TAX INCREASE.
21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 3101 of
22 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read
23 as follows:
24 ‘‘(b) HOSPITAL INSURANCE.—In addition to the tax
25 imposed by the preceding subsection, there is hereby im-
26 posed on the income of every individual a tax equal to 1.45
1 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3121(a)) re-
2 ceived by such individual with respect to employment (as
3 defined in section 3121(b).’’.
4 (b) SECA.—Subsection (b) of section 1401 of the In-
5 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol-
6 lows:
7 ‘‘(b) HOSPITAL INSURANCE.—In addition to the tax
8 imposed by the preceding subsection, there shall be im-
9 posed for each taxable year, on the self-employment in-
10 come of every individual, a tax equal to 2.9 percent of the
11 amount of the self-employment income for such taxable
12 year.’’.

[toddwv]

19. Love the overall sentiment but it will affect you eventually. It will affect everyone eventually.

Depending on where you live, health clinics will shut down. ERs will be flooded with cases that general practitioners should be handling. Hospitals and other rural medical centers will shutter their doors.

But hey, at least 1-10% of the population will have more money to offshore. So "winning!", right?

[Hekate]

20. Reading comprehension is very difficult for some people. They get triggered by certain phrases...

...or words and the red mist that descends over their eyes blocks further input. Give it up.

I Get what you are saying. We're personally comfortable, having saved nearly everything, but certainly not in the stratospheric bracket. We are about to give up the little house we've lived in for 34 years (paid off) and buy a bigger house in another, less costly, location. After I remodel the kitchen, it will be my dream home: single level, wide doorways in case we need accommodations, built in bookcases everywhere. It was love at first sight. It's scary to contemplate moving, in some respects because I've spent my whole life being risk-averse, having grown up poor.

There will always be risk -- even for you, and you know it on some level.

But we're Democrats, and there's a reason why we are. When it comes to class and income, our motto is *not* "I've got mine, Jack, so screw you." We worry about other people. I worry about my adult kids, specifically their health care. At some point they will need the safety net that is being shredded. But the thing about being a Democrat is we are concerned with everyone, not just our immediate families.

And boy, do I ever get that.

[UTUSN]

22. "doesn't affect me" - almost NONE of the Dem programs have benefitted me personally but I supported

them for Democratic altruism

[dsc]

24. If you end up in a nursing home it quite possibly will

Medicare only pays for one month after that you are on your own and then when your assets are gone on Medicaid.

[NCTraveler]

26. 1) Congrats on being in a planned out position for retirement.

2) Well said.