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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:05 PM Original message |
To Those Who Think People 65+ Can Easily Afford Interim Insurance Until Age 67: MAKE |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. 2 of us 10 yrs younger, $10,000 deductible, $400/month for us both |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Easy. They don't retire until age 67. And we are talking about being phased in over several years. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Wow. You are HOW OLD, and WORK WHERE? Try construction. Teaching. Waitressing. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You may be nominated for most apt username with attitudes like that |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. K&R |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Are you hiring? eom |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That works if you have a job with an employer that won't lay you off before that age. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. You are assuming they will work at the same emplyer until 67? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. and also assuming... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. People in their 50s can't find work as it is. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. You get to pick when you retire? Lucky you. n/t |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Wow it's so easy! I had no idea. Thank you for that helpful comment. I never knew I could control |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Deleted message |
suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. And what about all those employees "phased out" by employers? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. You are contemptible. Have you bothered to give a single thought to those who are |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I have friends in their mid 50s |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. I didn't see your "sarcasm" icon...so you're serious? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. i doubt i could find anyone who would insure me for... |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. At 56, my dad couldn't even get private insurance. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had private insurance and it was $800/month 5 years ago. n/t |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. IF any of them will even insure them at all |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Diabetes, Asthma, Glaucoma, and a history of cancer... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. OR just go on line and enter in an age or DOB and you'll get prices. nm |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's madness but there are plenty who sip from nectar of delusion. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. The reason Medicare came about in the first place was the lack |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. and include a pre existing condition |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No need. If you don't have one the Insurance Companies will invent one for you. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. K & R |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Two years ago (age 22) policies for me cost $400 a month. Perfectly healthy not a smoker |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. I agree. We need to call constantly to the point that the calls get to be news |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Big K & R. Self-employed people will be screwed as well. |
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Dream Girl (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
29. You do know this would be over twenty years? |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Are those people lesser human beings simply because they will be older in the future instead of now? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. +++++ |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. +1000. As if future seniors will somehow be drastically different than current seniors n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Absolutely NO!!! |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Logic? Point? |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Thank you! Most seem to think this will happen tomorrow. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. In 2029, that would put a lot of today's people who are around 60 into their 70s. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. K&R. nt |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. I currently pay 591.00 a month for just me at age 61. Cigna |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think those DUers are the ones who listen to hate radio all day |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
43. You're missing the important point. |
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