@Blickers,
Medicare has been a saver in many ways, physical, mental, and money-wise, for me and my wife.
My kidney completely shut down on me, and I spent some ten days in the hospital for treatment and recovery. It's now working at 36%, and I feel that's a blessing.
At 80, I can still travel and enjoy most foods.
We're going to Hawaii next month on a Trafalgar Tour to visit three islands for one week. Really looking forward to that trip.
I've been lucky most of my life, and have traveled to 93 countries with many repeats in Europe and Asia. Have traveled to all five continents, and have visited the northernmost and southernmost cities of the world.
I was looking at my old passport the other day and was amazed at the amount of travel I've done. Had to have two extra sets of pages added.
Actually, we'll survive without social security with the savings we've accumulated because my wife and I saved 15 to 20% of our income from early in our marriage. My wife was an RN, and I've worked over 80% of my career in management positions. The home we purchased for a little over $50 grand in the mid-seventies is now worth over $1.5 million. We have no mortgage. Who knew then that we would be in the heart of Silicon Valley. Apple is building their campus 2 at a cost of $5 billion not one mile from our home.
Congress wouldn't dare scrap social security. There will be a revolution in this country if they tried.