Seniors

it's that they keep covertly stealing our money. The insurance money for SS and Med was set aside years and years ago, in anticipation of the Boomer generation retiring. Republicans STOLE this money in various ways, both large and small. THAT is what should be getting trumpeted from every mountain top on all kinds of media. You work your whole life; your paychecks are "docked" a large amount of money in these taxes with anticipation that when it comes time for you to retire it'll be there for you. Instead, you find out Republicans have raided the "locked vault" for various corporate and 1% tax giveaways, as well as funding unfunded wars.

I guess I'm totally naive in what I'm going to say next, but I'd think that would make even the most raging cult member MAGA mad. But then, these people throw money at a supposed billionaire to fund his legal costs, even though it costs them food out of their own mouths. So, what do I know about these people? They're beyond my understanding.

I do believe there needs to be an equal number of ads on TV that explain the differences between MA and Medicare, and also what the consequences going forward are once you are ever signed up for MA. This information isn't getting to people who need to understand it. They've made it a complex, complicated process. And I resent the fact that you're still expected to understand and make these kinds of choices at ages when your marbles are getting tossed due to old age. There are ways to state it simply for people.

My sister's husband is nearing 67. They went to a public workshop on Medicare, SS, and MA issues. They came out of it more confused than when they went into it. I sat down with my sister and explained what had happened to me, what I'd discovered through research since then, and gave her the pro's and con's of both MA and Medicare. How hard is that for a group of "experts" to do?!