Is Social Security A Good Investment?

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Originally Posted by Riot

People can't afford it, 'Zig. Health insurance is too expensive for most in the US unless they have an employer to help them out, and ignoring insurance and just purchasing the healthcare you need is completely unaffordable. As I said yesterday, UK charges $193 to see a GP for 15 minutes if you don't have insurance? That's absurd.

Healthcare in the US is 1/5 of our economy. It's only 4-6% in other first world countries. Our system is badly broken.

the coverage where i used to work for bc/bc for the employee was about $20 a week, certainly affordable for everyone who worked there. i know what the pay was for each position there.
and as i said above, the std was about 1 dollar a week. a dollar-people can't afford that? to get paid 2/3's their salary if they had to be off?
but, that money for tobacco is easily found i guess...one lady complained that they didn't have much-but her, her mom, and her hubby all used tobacco. pack/can a day for each. $15 a day. times 30 days. when i did the math, she looked at their habits a lot differently. it's all about priorities, and for many people, health coverage isn't a priority-til they need it. then it's a huge problem. and then it's pooor me. when in fact, those with a need already can be covered by medicaid. but it's the ones who don't want to pay who so often look for that help and sympathy. it's aggravating as hell. now, is everyone like that? obviously not. but when even smaller employers offer the stuff, and people turn it down-you gotta wonder what's in their head.