Is Social Security A Good Investment?

[timmgirvan]

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.

With insurance, my doc charges 225-295 a visit. Medicare pays approx 100, I pay 25. Copay has increased....meds are 35-50% higher since July. Fixed income is nice to have, but it's still "checkers" at the end of the month.