You are SUCH a freaking liar!
proud2BlibKansan
More and more people wake up all the time
Last edited Sun Apr 8, 2012, 01:32 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I ran into a former co-worker yesterday. She retired 2 or 3 years ago. When I asked her how she has been doing, she immediately started crying. She said she's been having health problems (didn't go into specifics) and had to go find a part time job to pay for her medical expenses, even though she HAS insurance. Her out of pocket costs are beyond what she can afford on her pension.
While I don't know ANYBODY who would start crying in front of someone she hasn't see for a few years, she's got to be the worst money manager in the world. Next time you might want to come up with a story that isn't debunked by a simple google search.
According to to the
Preretirement Guide, in addition to whatever IRA's 401k's or whatever they participated in are calculated at whatever your salary is (a person who's a career teacher would be making at least $70,000) X 1.75% X 30. In addition, according to the
Social Security website, she's also going to get money from them even if she never paid into the system (KS does take SS out of employees' salary).
If your pension is from work where you paid Social Security taxes, it will not affect the amount of your Social Security benefit. However, if any part of your pension is from work where you did not pay Social Security taxes, it could affect the amount of your Social Security benefit.
Now as for medical insurance, we'll just figure she's on Medicare since most retirees are.
Here is information on Medicare for state employees. Depending on which option you choose your yearly out of pocket expenses will be anywhere from $1000 to $3000 a year. But in the case of government employees it gets better. See, they have a plan called
Kansas Senior Plan C. This plan picks up ALL the expenses (deductibles, daily hospital co pay costs, care facility co pays, etc), that aren't covered with the regular Medicare policies. But wait, it gets even better. If you'd rather not have Senior Plan C (there is a premium that's about $180 a month) the the state of KS offers two Medicare advantage plans that have small co pays on SOME services.
Now, because she has a pension, SS and (if she was smart) a pretax retirement plan since the state puts in matching funds once you are fully vested, there's no reason she couldn't have adequate insurance or pay for whatever medical expenses aren't covered.
You Lie!
I have no idea what this woman's politics are. Never discussed them with her. She just never struck me as a very political person. But she said she had contacted the Obama campaign and was volunteering because she is so angry about the attacks on health care reform. She said she was so grateful that Obama had tried to do SOMETHING and the thought that it may all be taken away by the Supreme Court was just too much for her to think about.
So in between tears she happened to mention she was volunteering for the 0bama campaign because she's upset about a government insurance plan she'll never have to participate in because she has better insurance (thanks to the teachers' union for sucking the citizens dry) through her government job. Yeah, if I was struggling with an illness, the first thing I'd do is get all upset about something that will never affect me.
I believe there are a lot of people like her in this country. They see the republicans attacking Obama's health care reform and don't like it. Sure it wasn't enough and the answer is definitely universal health care, but at least Obama tried to do something. Taking all of that away is just going to incense a lot of people like the woman I talked to yesterday.
Well, you dumb bitch, since even liberal polling firms show 60-75% of the public DOES NOT want 0bamacare and want it to be repealed that you would run into anyone who cares whether Republicans are "attacking" a program the country doesn't want anyway is pretty miraculous.
I also met another woman this week who is incensed over the legislative attacks on women. She was looking for information about the local Democratic party and wants to get involved.
They are definitely waking up.
Sure you did. Don't tell me, a Georgetown Law student pissed off that the priests won't serve up BC pills with the Communion wafer.
Cindie