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As I get older, I worry more and more about Medicare surviving

Let me say up front -- I currently have NO medical insurance. Since I quit the old "day job" last fall to work full time at this Internet adventure, I have not had medical insurance. I've been sufficiently healthy that it hasn't worried me so far. I've figured either I would 1) start making enough to buy private health insurance, or, 2) live to be old enough to get on Medicare in a few more years. (Yes, I am getting that old!)

The good news is, I'm staying healthy so far. The bad news is, Medicare isn't -- staying healthy, that is. I just saw a report on CNN about the latest Medicare cuts and the way doctors are starting to close their doors to new Medicare patients because they simply can't afford to treat them.

Just my luck, I guess. When I finally get old enough to take advantage of one of the few working/workable federal programs, the program itself breaks down. Ah, well. Just need to remind myself, life went on for centuries before the government invented Medicare. And life will continue long after Medicare is gone.
[tags]Medicare, federal programs, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]