nowadays, medicare is offered only after being on SSDI for two years. It is not automatic as it used to be. Wish it were different, because it would help a whole lotta people right now. But unless people start objecting to Obamacare, people won't be getting the help they need, at the time they need it. Things were different a long time ago, but recent changes have made the wealthy wealthier, and the poor, poorer. There is no excuse for the way this country has gone down the tubes. You might try going to the local Health and Human Services department and apply for SSI (which is a state run funding) and medicaid (also state run). And apply for Food stamps also. If you think you have it bad, think of all the seniors that have to pay for their prescriptions out of pocket. Their savings are practically nil because of it. If you think seniors have it good, think again. They too, have trouble getting the basic necessities of life. They just know how to make a penny scream before they let it go. And they know where to go to get fed...follow them around for a while and see...they do not have as much as they want you to believe they have. Yet they still have their dignity, and their pride. Too bad we can't take the lessons they have learned and make them our own. We might be bending over to pick up the pennies on the street like they used to. When money meant something more...something much, much more.

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