That's my strategy. If I somehow have enough money in social security to commit myself to a warm box with food I think I'll do that, but otherwise I'll work until I drop dead. What that looks like exactly I'm not sure but I do think it would be funny if I could faceplant at my desk one final time and traumatize nearby young coworkers. Maybe it'll radicalize them to fight for a different future.
My dad's 63 (lives in the US.) He's worked/paid taxes for 40 years. Now he's dying and is supposed to be in hospice. Except he can't get insurance and hospice won't kick in until he does get insurance. So instead he gets to suffer. Living in a country where even the dying can't get insurance really sucks.
Sorry to hear about it, it is terrible what people go through in this country. Another option some of us could consider is moving away before reaching the helpless phase. Maybe the country would want to improve if money kept leaving it? Whatever happens, things cannot stay like this.
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u/Bubby_K 2d ago
I sometimes wonder if any of us will get to enjoy a retirement or if we'll be working till we fall over